ในหลวง

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Thai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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[edit]

ในหลวง (nai-lǔuang)

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