โสเภณี

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Thai

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Etymology

Derived from Pali sobhiṇī (beautiful woman). Being a clipping of นครโสเภณี, from Pali nagarasobhiṇī (literally beautiful woman of the city). Cognate with Lao ໂສເພນີ (sō phē nī), Khmer សោភិនី (saophinii).

Pronunciation

Orthographicโสเภณี
o s e bʰ ɳ ī
Phonemic
โส-เพ-นี
o s – e b – n ī
RomanizationPaiboonsǒo-pee-nii
Royal Instituteso-phe-ni
(standard) IPA(key)/soː˩˩˦.pʰeː˧.niː˧/(R)

Noun

โสเภณี (sǒo-pee-nii) (classifier คน)

  1. (elegant) female prostitute

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