หญิงงามเมือง

Thai

Etymology

From หญิง (yǐng, “woman”) +‎ งาม (ngaam, “beautiful”) +‎ เมือง (mʉʉang, “city”), literally "beautiful woman of the city; calque from Pali nagara sobhiṇī (“city's courtesan”, literally “city's beautiful woman”), from which Thai นครโสภิณี was derived.

Pronunciation

Orthographicหญิงงามเมือง
h ɲ i ŋ ŋ ā m e m ụ̄ ɒ ŋ
Phonemic
หฺยิง-งาม-เมือง
h ̥ y i ŋ – ŋ ā m – e m ụ̄ ɒ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonyǐng-ngaam-mʉʉang
Royal Instituteying-ngam-mueang
(standard) IPA(key)/jiŋ˩˩˦.ŋaːm˧.mɯa̯ŋ˧/(R)

Noun

หญิงงามเมือง • (yǐng-ngaam-mʉʉang)

  1. (elegant, somewhat archaic) prostitute.

Synonyms

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