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Where does “เจ้านาย” come from?

เจ้านาย (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.

เจ้านาย (Thai): master

Definitions

  1. master

Ancestry of “เจ้านาย”, 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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