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Where does “หม่อมเจ้า” come from?

หม่อมเจ้า (Thai) comes from Thai เจ้า, from Thai เจ้าข้า, from Thai ข้า, from Thai พระพุทธเจ้า, from Thai พระ, from Pali vāra, from Sanskrit वार, from Sanskrit वर — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

หม่อมเจ้า (Thai): person whose father is a royal person holding the...

Definitions

  1. person whose father is a royal person holding the...

Ancestry of “หม่อมเจ้า”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเจ้าgod; deity; guardian spirit; tutelary deity;...
2Thaiเจ้าข้าparticle used by female speakers at the end of...
3Thaiข้าcitizen; attendant; retainer; servant; slave
4Thaiพระพุทธเจ้าBuddha; Buddha image; king: male monarch
5Thaiพระgod, deity; priest, royal person; also used as an...
6Palivāraday ; time, moment, occasion; etc
7SanskritवारAlternative form of वाल; keeping back,...
8Sanskritवर"environing", "enclosing", circumference, space,...
9Sanskritवीरman, especially a brave or eminent man, hero,...
10Proto-Indo-Iranianwīrás—
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanwiHrósman; husband; warrior, hero
12Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute
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