สมเด็จเจ้าพระยา

Thai

Etymology

From สมเด็จ (sǒm-dèt) +‎ เจ้าพระยา (jâao-prá-yaa). Compare Khmer សម្ដេចចៅពញា (sɑɑmdəccawpñiə).

Pronunciation
Orthographicสมเด็จเจ้าพระยา
s m e ɗ ˘ t͡ɕ e t͡ɕ ˆ ā b r a y ā
Phonemicสม-เด็ด-จ้าว-พฺระ-ยา
s m – e ɗ ˘ ɗ – t͡ɕ ˆ ā w – b ̥ r a – y ā
RomanizationPaiboonsǒm-dèt-jâao-prá-yaa
Royal Institutesom-det-chao-phra-ya
(standard) IPA(key)/som˩˩˦.det̚˨˩.t͡ɕaːw˥˩.pʰra˦˥.jaː˧/

Noun

สมเด็จเจ้าพระยา • (sǒm-dèt-jâao-prá-yaa) (historical)

  1. the highest Thai noble rank.
  2. person holding such rank.

Usage notes

The rank was created during the time of the Thonburi Kingdom. Prior to that, the rank เจ้าพระยา (jâao-prá-yaa) was the highest.

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