เชลย

Thai

Etymology

From Old Khmer ជ្លេយ៑ (jley, “one who is carried off: transportee, deportee; captive; etc”), which was probably derived from Western Cham [script needed] (jalơy); or from Old Mon jlūy (“one carried off during military operations”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ឈ្លើយ (chləəy, “captive”), Lao ຊະເລີຍ (sa lœ̄i, “captive”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		เชลย e d͡ʑ l y
Phonemic		ชะ-เลย d͡ʑ a – e l y
Romanization	Paiboon	chá-ləəi
	Royal Institute	cha-loei
(standard) IPA(key)		/t͡ɕʰa˦˥.lɤːj˧/(R)

Noun

เชลย • (chá-ləəi) (classifier คน)

1. (archaic) person removed from his land to another after a war: transportee, deportee, etc.
2. person captured or held, especially by the opponent or enemy: captive, hostage, etc.

Derived terms

• เชลยศักดิ์
• เชลยศึก (chá-ləəi-sʉ̀k)
• ดาบเชลย