Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedyou; a second- or third-person pronoun used for a person of equal or lower status, often with ข้าcurated
chief; lord; masterwiktionary
ruler; administrator; governorwiktionary
owner; possessorwiktionary
god; deitycurated
angellexitron
image or statue of the Buddhawiktionary
a title given to a person of equal or lower statuswiktionary
a title of endearment for anyone or anythingwiktionary
an honorific prefixed or suffixed to names or titles of certain persons or thingswiktionary
polite or elegant particle used with คะ or ค่ะwiktionary
classifier for business owners, service providers, and service recipientswiktionary
Less common senses (5)
royal person of the rank หม่อมเจ้า or higherwiktionary
an honorific prefixed to the name of a royal person holding the rank หม่อมเจ้าwiktionary
prince or princess of the Lan Na or Lan Xang kingdomswiktionary
nonglutinous ricewiktionary
Godnesslexitron
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesแต่แม่บอกให้ผมไหว้เจ้าที่ทุกวัน
But my mother told me to pay respect to the spirit every day.
ถ้าถามว่าผมเชื่อไหมว่ามีเจ้าที่จริง
If you ask whether I believe there really is a guardian spirit,
ศาลพระภูมิเป็นบ้านหลังเล็ก ๆ สำหรับเจ้าที่
A spirit house is a small house for the guardian spirit.
คนไทยเชื่อว่าเจ้าที่ดูแลพื้นที่ตรงนั้น
Thai people believe the guardian spirit looks after that piece of land.
เห็นรูปเพื่อนคนนี้ใส่ชุดเจ้าสาว ลองที่ร้าน
I see her trying on a wedding dress at the shop.
Built from
From Proto-Tai *ɕɤwꟲ (“master; owner”), from Middle Chinese 主 (MC tsyuX, “master; owner”). Cognate with Lao ເຈົ້າ (chao), Lü ᦈᧁᧉ (ṫsaw²), Tai Dam ꪹꪊ꫁ꪱ, Shan ၸဝ်ႈ (tsāo), Phake ꩡ︀ွ် (caw), Ahom 𑜋𑜈𑜫 (chaw) or 𑜋𑜧𑜨 (chawo). Compare Old Khmer cau, cauva, co, cova, cco, ccova, ccau, cū (“chief; head”); Modern Khmer ចៅ (caw).