เขนย

Thai

Etymology

From Old Khmer ខ្នើយ (khnœya), ខ្នេយ (khneya, “pillow”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ខ្នើយ (khnaəy), Northern Khmer คเนฺิย, Lao ຂະເໜີຍ (kha nœ̄i).

Pronunciation

Orthographicเขนย
e kʰ n y
Phonemic
ขะ-เหฺนย
kʰ a – e h ̥ n y
RomanizationPaiboonkà-nə̌əi
Royal Institutekha-noei
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰa˨˩.nɤːj˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

เขนย • (kà-nə̌əi)

  1. (elegant, royal) (if belonging to a god or royal person: พระ~) pillow.
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