เจ้าพระยา

Thai

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Definitions
  • (archaic) chief, lord, master, leader, ruler, administrator, person in authority, person in charge, especially a high-ranking one; high king, high monarch; overlord; also used as an honorific.
  • (historical) the second highest Thai noble rank, used to be the highest noble rank until the rank was created in the (1767–1782); holder of this rank.

Etymology

Com from Thai เจ้า (lord, master, chief, owner, etc, possessor, honorific for royal person, specialist, royal person, guardian spirit, tutelary deity, priest, a second person pronoun used to address a person of equal lower status, expert, ruler, god) + Thai พระยา (lord, etc, chief, master, idem).

Origin

Thai

พระยา

Gloss

lord, etc, chief, master, idem

Concept
Semantic Field

Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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