มารยา

Thai

Etymology

From extension of มายา (maa-yaa, “deception, fraud; unreality; illusion; vision, dream; magic, witchcraft; etc”), from Pali māyā (“jugglery; magic, sorcery, witchcraft; illusion; vision; etc”) or Sanskrit माया (māyā, idem); possibly via Old Khmer māya (“pretence, duplicity, hypocrisy; to be pretentious, duplicitous, hypocritical; etc”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		มารยา m ā r y ā
Phonemic		มาน-ยา m ā n – y ā
Romanization	Paiboon	maan-yaa
	Royal Institute	man-ya
(standard) IPA(key)		/maːn˧.jaː˧/(R)

Noun

มารยา • (maan-yaa)

1. (often derogatory and offensive) pretence, feigning, acting; craft, cunning, guile; duplicity, hypocrisy, insincerity, untruthfulness.

Verb

มารยา • (maan-yaa)

1. (often derogatory and offensive) to pretend, to be pretentious, to feign, to act; to exercise craft, cunning, or guile; to be crafty, cunning, or guileful; to be duplicitous, hypocritical, insincere, or untruthful.

Derived terms

• จริตมารยา
• มารยาสาไถย