เจ้าฟ้า

Compound of เจ้า (jâao, “lord”) +‎ ฟ้า (fáa, “heaven”), literally “lord of heaven”. Compare Burmese စော်ဘွား (caubhwa:), Khmer ចៅហ្វា (cawhviə), Lao ເຈົ້າຟ້າ (chao fā), Shan ၸဝ်ႈၽႃႉ (tsāo phâ̰a).

เจ้าฟ้า • (jâao-fáa)

1. (royal) (classifier องค์ or พระองค์) royal person who is a child of a monarch and his or her consort or whose mother is a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch.
2. (royal) (classifier องค์ or พระองค์) royal person who is a grandchild of a monarch and whose both parents are เจ้าฟ้า.
3. (historical) (classifier องค์ or พระองค์) ruler of a certain Tai state, such as the state of Kengtung.
4. used as an honorific prefixed to the names or titles of the above-described persons.
5. (zoology) some animals named after Princess Sirindhorn:
   1. the tiger mantis shrimp Acanthosquilla derijardi.
   2. the panda crab Phricotelphusa sirindhorn.
   3. white-eyed river martin, the bird Pseudochelidon sirintarae.

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