มารยา
Thai edit
Etymology edit
From extension of มายา (maa-yaa, “deception, fraud; unreality; illusion; vision, dream; magic, witchcraft; etc”), from Pali māyā (“jugglery; magic, sorcery, witchcraft; illusion; vision; etc”) or Sanskrit माया (māyā, idem); possibly via Old Khmer māya (“pretence, duplicity, hypocrisy; to be pretentious, duplicitous, hypocritical; etc”).
Pronunciation edit
| Orthographic | มารยา m ā r y ā | |
| Phonemic | มาน-ยา m ā n – y ā | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | maan-yaa |
| Royal Institute | man-ya | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /maːn˧.jaː˧/(R) | |
Noun edit
มารยา • (maan-yaa)
- (often derogatory and offensive) pretence, feigning, acting; craft, cunning, guile; duplicity, hypocrisy, insincerity, untruthfulness.
Verb edit
มารยา • (maan-yaa)
- (often derogatory and offensive) to pretend, to be pretentious, to feign, to act; to exercise craft, cunning, or guile; to be crafty, cunning, or guileful; to be duplicitous, hypocritical, insincere, or untruthful.