ฝ่ายหน้า

Thai

Etymology

From ฝ่าย (fàai, “side”) +‎ หน้า (nâa, “front”); literally "front side".

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ฝ่ายหน้า v ˋ ā y h n ˆ ā
Phonemic		ฝ่าย-น่า v ˋ ā y – n ˋ ā
Romanization	Paiboon	fàai-nâa
	Royal Institute	fai-na
(standard) IPA(key)		/faːj˨˩.naː˥˩/(R)

Noun

ฝ่ายหน้า • (fàai-nâa)

1. (historical) outer court of a palace, as opposed to ฝ่ายใน (fàai-nai, “royal harem”, literally “inner side”).
2. (historical) male member of a royal court; male attendant of a monarch; male government officer entitled to have a regular audience with the monarch.