Where does “เชิญทานค่ะ” come from?
เชิญทานค่ะ (Thai) comes from Thai ค่ะ, 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.
เชิญทานค่ะ (Thai): bon appétit!, enjoy your meal!
Definitions
- bon appétit!, enjoy your meal!
Ancestry of “เชิญทานค่ะ”, step by step
เชิญทานค่ะ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ค่ะ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ค่ะ | used to express affirmation, agreement, or acknowledgment |
| 2 | Thai | ข้า | citizen; attendant; retainer; servant; slave |
| 3 | Thai | พระพุทธเจ้า | Buddha; Buddha image; king: male monarch |
| 4 | Thai | พระ | god, deity; priest, royal person; also used as an... |
| 5 | Pali | vāra | excellent |
| 6 | Sanskrit | वार | Alternative form of वाल; keeping back,... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | वर | "environing", "enclosing", circumference, space,... |
| 8 | Sanskrit | वीर | man, especially a brave or eminent man, hero,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wīrás | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |