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Where does “เจ้าค่ะ” come from?

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

เจ้าค่ะ (Thai): particle used by female speakers at the end of...

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  1. particle used by female speakers at the end of...

Ancestry of “เจ้าค่ะ”, step by step

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