ขันที

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Thai

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa, cut; chip; section; slice) + -ई (, feminine suffix; one who does).[1]

Pronunciation

Orthographicขันที
kʰ ạ n d ī
Phonemic
ขัน-ที
kʰ ạ n – d ī
RomanizationPaiboonkǎn-tii
Royal Institutekhan-thi
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰan˩˩˦.tʰiː˧/(R)

Noun

ขันที (kǎn-tii) (classifier คน)

  1. eunuch.

References

  1. ^ จุฬารัตน์, จุฬิศพงศ์ (2018 April 25) “ขันทีแห่งกรุงศรีฯ: นักเทษ-นายกำนัล-ยูนุค ฯลฯ”, in สโมสรศิลปวัฒนธรรม (in Thai), Bangkok: มติชน, retrieved 2018-08-08