Dictionary entry

เจ้า

jâaonoun

you

#118 most common1 syllable

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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented

1pron.

you; a second- or third-person pronoun used for a person of equal or lower status, often with ข้าcurated

2n.

chief; lord; masterwiktionary

3n.

ruler; administrator; governorwiktionary

4n.

owner; possessorwiktionary

5n.

god; deitycurated

6n.

angellexitron

7n.

image or statue of the Buddhawiktionary

8n.

a title given to a person of equal or lower statuswiktionary

9n.

a title of endearment for anyone or anythingwiktionary

10n.

an honorific prefixed or suffixed to names or titles of certain persons or thingswiktionary

11ptcl.

polite or elegant particle used with คะ or ค่ะwiktionary

12cls.

classifier for business owners, service providers, and service recipientswiktionary

Less common senses (5)

13n.

royal person of the rank หม่อมเจ้า or higherwiktionary

14n.

an honorific prefixed to the name of a royal person holding the rank หม่อมเจ้าwiktionary

15n.

prince or princess of the Lan Na or Lan Xang kingdomswiktionary

16n.

nonglutinous ricewiktionary

17n.

Godnesslexitron

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).

A note on usage

คำใช้แทนผู้ที่เราพูดด้วย สำหรับผู้ใหญ่พูดกับผู้น้อยอย่างสุภาพหรือเอ็นดู, เป็นสรรพนามบุรุษที่ 2