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Thai
Etymology
From ศักดิ (sàk-dì-, “rank; dignity; status”) + นา (naa, “rice field”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ศักดินา • (sàk-dì-naa)
- (historical) (classifier ไร่) rice fields assigned to social classes as marks of their status, rights, privileges, responsibilities, etc; for example, the noblemen holding the rank of สมเด็จเจ้าพระยา (sǒm-dèt-jâao-prá-yaa) were entitled to 30,000 fields each, the noblemen holding the rank of เจ้าพระยา (jâao-prá-yaa) were entitled to 10,000 fields each, common citizens were entitled to 20 fields each, slaves were entitled to 5 fields each, etc.
- (figurative, sometimes sarcastic) social class; class of persons.
- (figurative, sometimes sarcastic) rank, dignity, distinction; person of rank, dignity, or distinction; ruling class, aristocracy, elite, nobility; member of a ruling class, aristocrat, member of the elite, noble person.
- (loosely or by extension) feudalism; feudal system; feudal period.
- (loosely or by extension) fief; fiefdom.
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