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Thai
Etymology
From Old Khmer chley, chlœya (“to answer; to reply; to respond; etc”). Compare Modern Khmer ឆ្លើយ (chlaəy), extended as ចំឡើយ (cɑmlaəy, “answer; reply; response”), from which Thai จำเลย (jam-ləəi, “defendant”) was derived.
Pronunciation
Noun
เฉลย • (chà-lə̌əi)
- answer or explanation, especially one declared or provided by the asker for a question asked to test someone's knowledge.
- (obsolete) any answer or explanation.
Verb
เฉลย • (chà-lə̌əi) (abstract noun การเฉลย)
- to declare or provide an answer or explanation.