คณิกา

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• gaṇikā (Latin script)
• 𑀕𑀡𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• गणिका (Devanagari script)
• গণিকা (Bengali script)
• ගණිකා (Sinhalese script)
• ဂဏိကာ or ၷꧣိၵႃ (Burmese script)
• คะณิกา (Thai script)
• ᨣᨱᩥᨠᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄຓິກາ or ຄະຓິກາ (Lao script)
• គណិកា (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄕𑄨𑄇𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

คณิกา f

1. Thai script form of gaṇikā

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Thai

Etymology

From Pali gaṇikā (“prostitute”, literally “she who belongs to groups; she who is familiar with groups”) or from Sanskrit गणिका (gaṇikā, idem). Cognate with Burmese ဂဏိကာ (ga.ni.ka); Khmer គណិកា (kɔɔnekaa).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		คณิกา g ɳ i k ā
Phonemic		คะ-นิ-กา g a – n i – k ā
Romanization	Paiboon	ká-ní-gaa
	Royal Institute	kha-ni-ka
(standard) IPA(key)		/kʰa˦˥.ni˦˥.kaː˧/(R)

Noun

คณิกา • (ká-ní-gaa) (classifier คน or นาง)

1. (elegant, chiefly literary or poetic) (นาง~, หญิง~) prostitute.