ข้าหลวง

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Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographicข้าหลวง
kʰ ˆ ā h l w ŋ
Phonemic
ข้า-หฺลวง
kʰ ˆ ā – h ̥ l w ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonkâa-lǔuang
Royal Institutekha-luang
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaː˥˩.lua̯ŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1

Compound of ข้า (kâa, “servant”) +‎ หลวง (lǔuang, “royal”)

Noun

ข้าหลวง • (kâa-lǔuang) (classifier คน)

  1. (archaic) royal servant; royal attendant
  2. (archaic) crown servant; public servant; public official
  3. (historical) governor; administrator
  4. commissioner: person commissioned to perform certain functions
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Compound of ข้า (kâa, “servant”) +‎ หลวง (lǔuang, “royal”)

Noun

ข้าหลวง • (kâa-lǔuang) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (zoology) the fish Scolopsis ciliata of the family Nemipteridae
    Synonym: ทรายขาวหลังขาว
  2. (zoology) the fish Channa marulioides of the family Channidae
    Synonym: ช่อนทอง
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