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คณิกา f

  1. Thai script form of gaṇikā

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Etymology edit

From Pali gaṇikā (prostitute, literally she who belongs to groups; she who is familiar with groups) or from Sanskrit गणिका (gaṇikā, idem). Cognate with Burmese ဂဏိကာ (ga.ni.ka); Khmer គណិកា (kɔɔnekaa).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicคณิกา
g ɳ i k ā
Phonemic
คะ-นิ-กา
g a – n i – k ā
RomanizationPaiboonká-ní-gaa
Royal Institutekha-ni-ka
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰa˦˥.ni˦˥.kaː˧/(R)

Noun edit

คณิกา (ká-ní-gaa) (classifier คน or นาง)

  1. (elegant, chiefly literary or poetic) (นาง~, หญิง~) prostitute.

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