แม่หยัวเมือง

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Thai

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Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from contraction or corruption of แม่อยู่หัว (mɛ̂ɛ-yùu-hǔua, literally “lady above heads”) +‎ เมือง (mʉʉang, literally “city, town; nation”); literally "lady above all heads in the nation".

Pronunciation

Orthographicแม่หยัวเมือง
æ m ˋ h y ạ w e m ụ̄ ɒ ŋ
Phonemic
แม่-หฺยัว-เมือง
æ m ˋ – h ̥ y ạ w – e m ụ̄ ɒ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonmɛ̂ɛ-yǔua-mʉʉang
Royal Institutemae-yua-mueang
(standard) IPA(key)/mɛː˥˩.jua̯˩˩˦.mɯa̯ŋ˧/(R)

Noun

แม่หยัวเมือง • (mɛ̂ɛ-yǔua-mʉʉang)

  1. (historical) an honorific given to a chief concubine of a monarch.

Usage notes

Under old Thai laws, a male monarch could have four chief concubines, called สนมเอก (sà-nǒm-èek). The four were given the following noble titles: อินสุเรนทร์, ศรีสุดาจันทร์, อินทรเทวี, ศรีจุฬาลักษณ์.

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