คณิกา
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Pali
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Noun
[edit]คณิกา f
- Thai script form of gaṇikā
Thai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]คณิกา • (ká-ní-gaa) (classifier คน or นาง)
- (elegant, chiefly literary or poetic) (นาง~, หญิง~) prostitute.
Synonyms
[edit]- See โสเภณี (sǒo-pee-nii).
Derived terms
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- Pali lemmas
- Pali nouns
- Pali nouns in Thai script
- Pali feminine nouns
- Thai terms borrowed from Pali
- Thai terms derived from Pali
- Thai terms borrowed from Sanskrit
- Thai terms derived from Sanskrit
- Rhymes:Thai/aː
- Thai terms with IPA pronunciation
- Thai 3-syllable words
- Thai lemmas
- Thai nouns
- Thai nouns classified by คน
- Thai nouns classified by นาง
- Thai literary terms
- Thai poetic terms
- th:Prostitution
- th:Female