เจ้าค่ะ

Thai

Etymology

From เจ้าข้า (jâo-kâa, my lord).

Compare Lao ເຈົ້າຂະນ້ອຍ (chao khan ’a nya)

Pronunciation

Orthographicเจ้าค่ะ
et͡ɕˆāgˋa
Phonemicเจ้า-ค่ะ
et͡ɕˆāgˋa
RomanizationPaiboonjâo-kâ
Royal Institutechao-kha
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕaw˥˩.kʰaʔ˥˩/

Particle

เจ้าค่ะ (jâo-kâ)

  1. particle used by female speakers at the end of sentences to make them more polite
  2. yes (female speaker).

Derived terms

See also

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