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Thai
Etymology
From บรรดา (ban-daa, “all; every”) + ศักดิ์ (sàk, “dignity; honour; status; etc”).
Pronunciation
Noun
บรรดาศักดิ์ • (ban-daa-sàk)
- noble rank.
Usage notes
- In Thailand, noble ranks are given to royal persons, government officers, and priests.
- Noble ranks given to royal persons in charge of กรม (grom) are (from highest to lowest):
- Noble ranks for government officers were (from highest to lowest):
- Noble ranks for government officers in the royal harem were (from highest to lowest):
- For noble ranks given to priests, see สมณศักดิ์ (sà-má-ná-sàk).
- Every noble rank is accompanied by a noble title, called ราชทินนาม (râat-chá-tin-ná-naam). These titles are chiefly bureaucratic. For example, every minister of defence was titled มหาเสนา (má-hǎa-sěe-naa), every minister of interior was titled จักรี (jàk-grii), every minister of agriculture was titled พลเทพ (pon-lá-têep), etc. If the officer titled มหาเสนา (má-hǎa-sěe-naa) held the rank of พระยา (prá-yaa), he would be styled พระยามหาเสนา (prá-yaa má-hǎa-sěe-naa), or if his rank was เจ้าพระยา (jâao-prá-yaa), his style would then be เจ้าพระยามหาเสนา (jâao-prá-yaa má-hǎa-sěe-naa), etc.
- Persons sharing the same noble title are distinguished by their personal names, often written in parentheses. This form of writing is observed in modern formal documents. Examples: