เขนย

Thai

Etymology

From Old Khmer ខ្នើយ (khnœya), ខ្នេយ (khneya, “pillow”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ខ្នើយ (khnaəy), Northern Khmer คเนฺิย, Lao ຂະເໜີຍ (kha nœ̄i).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		เขนย e kʰ n y
Phonemic		ขะ-เหฺนย kʰ a – e h ̥ n y
Romanization	Paiboon	kà-nə̌əi
	Royal Institute	kha-noei
(standard) IPA(key)		/kʰa˨˩.nɤːj˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

เขนย • (kà-nə̌əi)

1. (elegant, royal) (if belonging to a god or royal person: พระ~) pillow.