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ฉายา

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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ฉายา f

  1. Thai script form of chāyā (shadow)
  2. Thai script (without implicit vowels) form of chāyā (shadow)

Declension

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Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographicฉายา
t͡ɕʰ ā y ā
Phonemic
ฉา-ยา
t͡ɕʰ ā – y ā
RomanizationPaiboonchǎa-yaa
Royal Institutecha-ya
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰaː˩˩˦.jaː˧/(R)

Etymology 1

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From Pali chāyā (shadow) or Sanskrit छाया (chāyā, idem); possibly via Old Khmer chāyā (shadow, shade, shelter; reflection; image, form; pattern, model; mirror; looking glass; etc). Cognate with Modern Khmer ឆាយា (chaayiə).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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ฉายา (chǎa-yaa)

  1. (elegant) shadow; shade; shelter; sheltered area.
  2. (elegant) image; picture.
  3. nickname; byname; cognomen; epithet.
  4. (Buddhism) dharma name.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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ฉายา (chǎa-yaa)

  1. (poetic) Alternative form of สายา (sǎa-yaa)