Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never invented1n.
captivelexitron
2n.
prisonerlexitron
3n.
person removed from his land to another after a war: transportee, deportee, etc(archaic)wiktionary
4n.
person captured or held, especially by the opponent or enemy: captive, hostage, etcwiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesพวกเขาให้เชลยศึกและคนงานสร้างทางรถไฟ
They made prisoners of war and labourers build the railway.
Koko · เลยfrom ทางรถไฟสายมรณะ →
Built from
From Old Khmer ជ្លេយ៑ (jley, “one who is carried off: transportee, deportee; captive; etc”), which was probably derived from Western Cham [script needed] (jalơy); or from Old Mon jlūy (“one carried off during military operations”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ឈ្លើយ (chləəy, “captive”), Lao ຊະເລີຍ (sa lœ̄i, “captive”).