เฉลย
Thai edit
Etymology edit
From Old Khmer chley, chlœya (“to answer; to reply; to respond; etc”). Compare Modern Khmer ឆ្លើយ (chlaəy), extended as ចំឡើយ (cɑmlaəy, “answer; reply; response”), from which Thai จำเลย (jam-ləəi, “defendant”) was derived.
Pronunciation edit
| Orthographic | เฉลย e t͡ɕʰ l y | |
| Phonemic | ฉะ-เหฺลย t͡ɕʰ a – e h ̥ l y | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | chà-lə̌əi |
| Royal Institute | cha-loei | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /t͡ɕʰa˨˩.lɤːj˩˩˦/(R) | |
Noun edit
เฉลย • (chà-lə̌əi)
- answer or explanation, especially one declared or provided by the asker for a question asked to test someone's knowledge.
- (obsolete) any answer or explanation.
Verb edit
เฉลย • (chà-lə̌əi) (abstract noun การเฉลย)
- to declare or provide an answer or explanation.