เจ้าฟ้า
Thai
Etymology
From เจ้า (jâao, “chief, lord, master; owner, possessor”) + ฟ้า (fáa, “sky; heaven”). Compare Burmese စော်ဘွား (caubhwa:), Khmer ចៅហ្វា (cawhviə), Lao ເຈົ້າຟ້າ (chao fā).
Pronunciation
Orthographic | เจ้าฟ้า e t͡ɕ ˆ ā v ˆ ā | |
Phonemic | จ้าว-ฟ้า t͡ɕ ˆ ā w – v ˆ ā | |
Romanization | Paiboon | jâao-fáa |
Royal Institute | chao-fa | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /t͡ɕaːw˥˩.faː˦˥/ |
Noun
เจ้าฟ้า • (jâao-fáa) (classifier องค์ or พระองค์)
- royal person who is a child of a monarch and his or her consort.
- royal person whose mother is a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch.
- royal person who is a grandchild of a monarch, and whose father and mother are เจ้าฟ้า.
- ruler of a certain Tai territory, such as ruler of Kengtung.
- (figuratively, sometimes used to prefix เจ้าแผ่นดิน) monarch; royal person.
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