เชษฐา

Thai

Alternative forms

  • เจษฎา

Etymology

From blending of Pali jeṭṭha (“chief; senior”) and Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha, “older brother”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ជេដ្ឋា (ceitthaa); Thai เชษฐ์.

Pronunciation

Orthographicเชษฐา
e d͡ʑ ʂ ʈʰ ā
Phonemic
เชด-ถา
e d͡ʑ ɗ – tʰ ā
RomanizationPaiboonchêet-tǎa
Royal Institutechet-tha
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰeːt̚˥˩.tʰaː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

เชษฐา • (chêet-tǎa)

  1. (literary, poetic, royal) (พระ~) older brother.
  2. (literary, poetic) supreme one; greatest/greater one; highest/higher one; superior one; senior one; oldest/older one.
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