ในหลวง

Thai

Etymology

Possibly from corruption of นาย (naai, “chief; lord; master”) +‎ หลวง (lǔuang, “great; royal”); literally "great lord", "overlord", "royal lord".

Pronunciation

Orthographicในหลวง
au n h l w ŋ
Phonemic
ไน-หฺลวง
ai n – h ̥ l w ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonnai-lǔuang
Royal Institutenai-luang
(standard) IPA(key)/naj˧.lua̯ŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

ในหลวง • (nai-lǔuang)

  1. (colloquial, only in Thailand) king: male monarch.
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