ทนาย

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Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographicทนาย
d n ā y
Phonemic
ทะ-นาย
d a – n ā y
RomanizationPaiboontá-naai
Royal Institutetha-nai
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰa˦˥.naːj˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Old Khmer ទ្នាយ៑ (dnāy, agent, servant; attendance, service; etc).

Noun

ทนาย (tá-naai) (classifier คน)

  1. (archaic) agent, delegate, representative; attendant, retainer, servant.
  2. (historical) person who acts on behalf of or represents a มูลนาย (muun-naai) who is entitled to 400 or more ศักดินา (sàk-dì-naa), especially when the มูลนาย (muun-naai) is a party to a legal case.[1]
Derived terms

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Etymology 2

From clipping of ทนายความ (tá-naai-kwaam), from ทนาย (tá-naai, agent; delegate; representative) +‎ ความ (kwaam, legal case).

Noun

ทนาย (tá-naai) (classifier คน)

  1. (colloquial) attorney-at-law.
Derived terms

References

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