Where does “ตั๋วทนาย” come from?

ตั๋วทนาย (Thai) comes from Thai ทนาย, from Old Khmer ទ្នាយ — agent, servant; attendance, service; etc.

ตั๋วทนาย (Thai): licence to practise law (as an attorney-at-law)

Definitions

  1. licence to practise law (as an attorney-at-law)

Ancestry of “ตั๋วทนาย”, step by step

ตั๋วทนาย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ทนาย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiทนายagent, delegate, representative; attendant,...
2Old Khmerទ្នាយagent, servant; attendance, service; etc

via Thai ตั๋ว

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiตั๋วpaper containing a statement about a certain...
2Teochewslip; bill; note
Every word from Old Khmer ទ្នាយEvery word from Thai ทนาย