หญิงงามเมือง

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Thai

Etymology

From หญิง (yǐng, woman) +‎ งาม (ngaam, beautiful) +‎ เมือง (mʉʉang, city), literally "beautiful woman of the city; calque from Pali nagara sobhiṇī (city's courtesan, literally city's beautiful woman), from which Thai นครโสภิณี was derived.

Pronunciation

Orthographicหญิงงามเมือง
h ɲ i ŋ ŋ ā m e m ụ̄ ɒ ŋ
Phonemic
หฺยิง-งาม-เมือง
h ̥ y i ŋ – ŋ ā m – e m ụ̄ ɒ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonyǐng-ngaam-mʉʉang
Royal Instituteying-ngam-mueang
(standard) IPA(key)/jiŋ˩˩˦.ŋaːm˧.mɯa̯ŋ˧/(R)

Noun

หญิงงามเมือง (yǐng-ngaam-mʉʉang)

  1. (elegant, somewhat archaic) prostitute.

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