เบญจกัลยาณี

Thai

Etymology

From เบญจ (“five; fivefold”) +‎ กัลยาณี (gan-lá-yaa-nii, “beautiful woman”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		เบญจกัลยาณี e ɓ ɲ t͡ɕ k ạ l y ā ɳ ī
Phonemic {Short}		เบ็น-จะ-กัน-ละ-ยา-นี e ɓ ˘ n – t͡ɕ a – k ạ n – l a – y ā – n ī
Romanization	Paiboon	ben-jà-gan-lá-yaa-nii
	Royal Institute	ben-cha-kan-la-ya-ni
(standard) IPA(key)		/ben˧.t͡ɕa˨˩.kan˧.la˦˥.jaː˧.niː˧/(R)

Noun

เบญจกัลยาณี • (ben-jà-gan-lá-yaa-nii)

1. (Buddhism) woman of fivefold beauty: beautiful hair, beautiful teeth, beautiful flesh, beautiful skin, and beautiful at all ages.