พญา

Thai

Etymology

From Old Khmer ពញា (bañā, “title of high-ranking official”), probably a corrupted form of °ព្រញា (°brañā), from which Old Thai พรญา was derived; or from Mon ဗညာ (pəɲɛ̀a, “title of royalty and high nobility”). Cognate with Lao ພະຍາ (pha nyā), and re-borrowed as Modern Khmer ពញា (pñiə).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		พญา b ɲ ā
Phonemic		พะ-ยา b a – y ā
Romanization	Paiboon	pá-yaa
	Royal Institute	pha-ya
(standard) IPA(key)		/pʰa˦˥.jaː˧/(R)

Noun

พญา • (pá-yaa)

1. Archaic form of พระยา (prá-yaa).