โยดะยา

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ယိုးဒယား (yui:da.ya:), from อยุธยา (à-yút-tá-yaa, “Ayutthaya”), Sanskrit अयुध्य (ayudhya, “impregnable; invincible; unconquerable; etc”). Doublet of อยุธยา (à-yút-tá-yaa).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		โยดะยา o y ɗ a y ā
Phonemic		โย-ดะ-ยา o y – ɗ a – y ā
Romanization	Paiboon	yoo-dà-yaa
	Royal Institute	yo-da-ya
(standard) IPA(key)		/joː˧.da˨˩.jaː˧/(R)

Proper noun

โยดะยา • (yoo-dà-yaa)

1. Yodaya, descendants of Ayutthayans who were exiled in Burma after the Burmese-Siamese wars in the 1600s and 1700s.