ฝ่ายหน้า

Thai

Etymology

From ฝ่าย (fàai, side) + หน้า (nâa, front); literally "front side".

Pronunciation

Orthographicฝ่ายหน้า
fˋāyhnˆā
Phonemicฝ่าย-น่า
fˋāynˋā
RomanizationPaiboonfàai-nâa
Royal Institutefai-na
(standard) IPA(key)/faːj˨˩.naː˥˩/

Noun

ฝ่ายหน้า (fàai-nâa)

  1. (historical) outer court of a palace, as opposed to ฝ่ายใน (royal harem, literally inner side).
  2. (historical) male member of a royal court; male attendant of a monarch; male government officer entitled to have a regular audience with the monarch.
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