กะลาสี
Thai
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay kelasi (“sailor”), from Classical Persian خلاصی (xalāsī). Cognate with Hindi ख़लासी (xalāsī), Urdu خلاصی (xalāsī), Burmese ခလာသီ (hka.lasi) and Malayalam ഖലാസി (khalāsi).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | กะลาสี k a l ā s ī | |
|---|---|---|
| Phonemic | กะ-ลา-สี k a – l ā – s ī | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | gà-laa-sǐi |
| Royal Institute | ka-la-si | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /ka˨˩.laː˧.siː˩˩˦/(R) | |
Noun
กะลาสี • (gà-laa-sǐi)
Synonyms
- ลูกเรือ (lûuk-rʉʉa)
Descendants
- → Lao: ກະລາສີ (ka lā sī)