เชลยศึก

Thai

Etymology

From เชลย (chá-ləəi, “person captured or held: captive, hostage, etc”) +‎ ศึก (sʉ̀k, “war”); probably calque of English prisoner of war.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		เชลยศึก e d͡ʑ l y ɕ ụ k
Phonemic		ชะ-เลย-สึก d͡ʑ a – e l y – s ụ k
Romanization	Paiboon	chá-ləəi-sʉ̀k
	Royal Institute	cha-loei-suek
(standard) IPA(key)		/t͡ɕʰa˦˥.lɤːj˧.sɯk̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

เชลยศึก • (chá-ləəi-sʉ̀k) (classifier คน)

1. prisoner of war.