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Etymology edit

From Sanskrit भार्या (bhāryā, wife). Doublet of ภารย (paa-rá-yá-).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicภรรยา
bʰ r r y ā
Phonemic
พัน-ยา
b ạ n – y ā
พัน-ระ-ยา
b ạ n – r a – y ā
RomanizationPaiboonpan-yaapan-rá-yaa
Royal Institutephan-yaphan-ra-ya
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰan˧.jaː˧/(R)/pʰan˧.ra˦˥.jaː˧/(R)

Noun edit

ภรรยา (pan-yaa) (classifier คน)

  1. (formal) wife: married woman.

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