สมัยพระเจ้าเหา

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Thai[edit]

Prá-jâao Hǎo hall, Lop Buri, Thailand

Etymology[edit]

From สมัย (sà-mǎi, time; period) +‎ พระเจ้า (prá-jâao, an honorific for a king, buddha, buddha statue, etc, literally divine lord) +‎ เหา (hǎo); literally "time of Divine Lord Hao".

Prá-jâao Hǎo ("Divine Lord Hao") is believed to:

  1. refer to Xiao Hao, a Yunnanese ruler who reigned between 1511–1328 BC, according to Likhit Huntrakun (ลิขิต ฮุนตระกูล) and Chamnong Thongprasoet (จำนงค์ ทองประเสริฐ); or
  2. refer to Prá-jâao Hǎo, the name of an ancient hall in Lop Buri where Lord Phetracha launched a coup against King Narai in 1688, according to Damrong Rachanuphap (ดำรงราชานุภาพ); or
  3. be an idiomatic reference to an unspecific ancient figure, with the word Hǎo probably being from the Chinese surname (hào), according to Suchit Wongthet (สุจิตต์ วงษ์เทศ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicสมัยพระเจ้าเหา
s m ạ y b r a e t͡ɕ ˆ ā e h ā
Phonemic
สะ-ไหฺม-พฺระ-จ้าว-เหา
s a – ai h ̥ m – b ̥ r a – t͡ɕ ˆ ā w – e h ā
RomanizationPaiboonsà-mǎi-prá-jâao-hǎo
Royal Institutesa-mai-phra-chao-hao
(standard) IPA(key)/sa˨˩.maj˩˩˦.pʰra˦˥.t͡ɕaːw˥˩.haw˩˩˦/(R)

Noun[edit]

สมัยพระเจ้าเหา (sà-mǎi-prá-jâao-hǎo)

  1. (slang) long time ago; time immemorial.

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