เจ้าฟ้า

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Thai

Etymology

From เจ้า (jâao, “lord”) +‎ ฟ้า (fáa, “sky; heaven”); literally "lord of heaven", "celestial lord", etc. Compare Burmese စော်ဘွား (caubhwa:), Khmer ចៅហ្វា (cawhviə), Lao ເຈົ້າຟ້າ (chao fā), Shan ၸဝ်ႈၽႃႉ (tsāo phâ̰a).

Pronunciation

Orthographicเจ้าฟ้า
e t͡ɕ ˆ ā f ˆ ā
Phonemic
จ้าว-ฟ้า
t͡ɕ ˆ ā w – f ˆ ā
RomanizationPaiboonjâao-fáa
Royal Institutechao-fa
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕaːw˥˩.faː˦˥/(R)

Noun

เจ้าฟ้า • (jâao-fáa)

  1. (classifier องค์ or พระองค์) royal person
    1. royal person who is a child of a monarch and his or her consort.
    2. royal person whose mother is a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch.
    3. royal person who is a grandchild of a monarch and whose father and mother are เจ้าฟ้า.
    4. ruler of a certain Tai state, as that of the state of Kengtung.
  2. used as a title for or term of address to such person.
  3. (classifier ตัว) animals named after Sirindhorn, daughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej
    1. (กั้ง~) the tiger mantis shrimp (Acanthosquilla derijardi, syn. Acanthosquilla sirindhorn) of the family Nannosquillidae.
    2. (ปู~) the panda crab (Phricotelphusa sirindhorn) of the family Potamidae.
    3. (นก~) white-eyed river martin, the bird Pseudochelidon sirintarae of the family Hirundinidae.

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