นครนายก

Thai

the seal of the province depicting an elephant raising an ear of rice with its trunk

Etymology

From นคร (ná-kɔɔn, “city”) +‎ นา (naa, “rice field”) +‎ ยก (yók, “to exempt; to cancel”); literally "city of exempted rice fields"; after the fact that the rice fields in this city were exempted from taxes during the Ayutthaya period.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		นครนายก n g r n ā y k
Phonemic		นะ-คอน-นา-ยก n a – g ɒ n – n ā – y k
Romanization	Paiboon	ná-kɔɔn-naa-yók
	Royal Institute	na-khon-na-yok
(standard) IPA(key)		/na˦˥.kʰɔːn˧.naː˧.jok̚˦˥/(R)

Proper noun

นครนายก • (ná-kɔɔn-naa-yók)

1. (จังหวัด~) Nakhon Nayok, a province of Thailand.