เยาวราช

Thai edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From เยาว (young; youthful) +‎ ราช (râat, monarch, sovereign; chief, lord, master); ultimately from Pali yuvarāja (heir apparent) or Sanskrit युवराज (yuvarāja, heir apparent). Compare Old Khmer yuvarāja (heir apparent); Modern Khmer យៅវរាជ (yɨwwriəc, heir apparent).

The second sense of the noun was probably first used on 11 November 1924, when the Palace Law on Succession 1924 (กฎมณเฑียรบาลว่าด้วยการสืบราชสันตติวงศ์ พระพุทธศักราช ๒๔๖๗) was enacted.

As for the proper noun, the road was given its name by King Chulalongkorn around 1891.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicเยาวราช
e y ā w r ā d͡ʑ
Phonemic
เยา-วะ-ราด
e y ā – w a – r ā ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonyao-wá-râat
Royal Instituteyao-wa-rat
(standard) IPA(key)/jaw˧.wa˦˥.raːt̚˥˩/(R)

Noun edit

เยาวราช (yao-wá-râat)

  1. (law and historical) (พระ~, สมเด็จพระ~) son of a king and his concubine.
  2. (law) (พระ~, สมเด็จพระ~) heir to the throne, especially one anointed in the rite ยุพราชาภิเษก or other rite as may be granted by the monarch.
  3. (พระ~) young prince.

Proper noun edit

เยาวราช (yao-wá-râat)

  1. (ถนน~) Yaowarat Road, a street in Bangkok's Chinatown.