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Thai
Etymology
From extension of มายา (maa-yaa, “deception, fraud; unreality; illusion; vision, dream; magic, witchcraft; etc”), from Pali māyā (“jugglery; magic, sorcery, witchcraft; illusion; vision; etc”) or Sanskrit माया (māyā, idem); possibly via Old Khmer māya (“pretence, duplicity, hypocrisy; to be pretentious, duplicitous, hypocritical; etc”).
Pronunciation
Noun
มารยา • (maan-yaa)
- (often derogatory and offensive) pretence, feigning, acting; craft, cunning, guile; duplicity, hypocrisy, insincerity, untruthfulness.
Verb
มารยา • (maan-yaa)
- (often derogatory and offensive) to pretend, to be pretentious, to feign, to act; to exercise craft, cunning, or guile; to be crafty, cunning, or guileful; to be duplicitous, hypocritical, insincere, or untruthful.
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