ชายา

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Thai

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Pali jāyā (wife) or Sanskrit जाया (jāyā, idem). Cognate with Khmer ជាយា (ciəyiə).

Pronunciation

Orthographicชายา
d͡ʑ ā y ā
Phonemic
ชา-ยา
d͡ʑ ā – y ā
RomanizationPaiboonchaa-yaa
Royal Institutecha-ya
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰaː˧.jaː˧/(R)

Noun

ชายา (chaa-yaa)

  1. (พระ~, พระราช~, พระวร~, วร~) wife (of a god or royal person).
  2. (พระ~, พระราช~, พระวร~, วร~) royal person's wife that holds the royal title of เจ้าฟ้า (jâao-fáa), พระองค์เจ้า (prá-ong-jâao), or หม่อมเจ้า (mɔ̀m-jâao).
  3. (literary, poetic) wife.
  4. (literary, poetic) woman; beautiful woman.

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