ข้าหลวงใหญ่

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Thai

Etymology

Calque of English high commissioner. By surface analysis, ข้าหลวง (kâa-lǔuang, commissioner) +‎ ใหญ่ (yài, great; grand).

Pronunciation

Orthographicข้าหลวงใหญ่
kʰ ˆ ā h l w ŋ au h ɲ ˋ
Phonemic
ข้า-หฺลวง-ไหฺย่
kʰ ˆ ā – h ̥ l w ŋ – ai h ̥ y ˋ
RomanizationPaiboonkâa-lǔuang-yài
Royal Institutekha-luang-yai
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaː˥˩.lua̯ŋ˩˩˦.jaj˨˩/(R)

Noun

ข้าหลวงใหญ่ (kâa-lǔuang-yài) (classifier คน)

  1. high commissioner
    ข้าหลวงใหญ่สิทธิมนุษยชนแห่งสหประชาชาติ
    kâa-lǔuang-yài sìt-tí-má-nút-sà-yá-chon hɛ̀ng sà-hà-bprà-chaa-châat
    United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights