Meanings
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chief; leading; major; principalwiktionary
great; largewiktionary
heavy; weighty; ponderouswiktionary
important; significantwiktionary
severe; serious; crucialwiktionary
governmental; state; publicwiktionary
royal; imperialwiktionary
the Thai noble rank above ขุน (kǔn) and below พระ (prá); holder of this rank(historical)wiktionary
a term of address to or honorific for a priest or religious image(colloquial, in-compounds, often)wiktionary
clipping of เมียหลวง (miia-lǔuang)(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial)wiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesเมืองของฉันเคยเป็นเมืองหลวงเก่าเมื่อหลายร้อยปีก่อน
My town was an old capital many hundreds of years ago.
Alin · อุดรธานีfrom เมืองเก่าริมน้ำ →
Built from
From Proto-Tai *ʰluəŋᴬ (“big”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉᩖ᩠ᩅᨦ, Lao ຫຼວງ (lūang), Lü ᦷᦜᧂ (l̇ong), Shan လူင် (lǔung), Ahom 𑜎𑜤𑜂𑜫 (luṅ), Zhuang hung and lueng (dialectal), Nong Zhuang long. Also cognate with Modern Khmer ហ្លួង (luəng). Compare Proto-Hlai *C-luŋ (“big”).