ในหลวง
Thai edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from corruption of นาย (naai, “chief; lord; master”) + หลวง (lǔuang, “great; royal”); literally "great lord", "overlord", "royal lord".
Pronunciation edit
| Orthographic | ในหลวง au n h l w ŋ | |
| Phonemic | ไน-หฺลวง ai n – h ̥ l w ŋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | nai-lǔuang |
| Royal Institute | nai-luang | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /naj˧.lua̯ŋ˩˩˦/(R) | |
Noun edit
- (colloquial, only in Thailand) king: male monarch.