คณิกา

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • gaṇikā (Latin script)
  • 𑀕𑀡𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • गणिका (Devanagari script)
  • গণিকা (Bengali script)
  • ගණිකා (Sinhalese script)
  • ဂဏိကာ or ၷꧣိၵႃ (Burmese script)
  • คะณิกา (Thai script)
  • ᨣᨱᩥᨠᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຄຓິກາ or ຄະຓິກາ (Lao script)
  • គណិកា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄉𑄕𑄨𑄇𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

คณิกา f

  1. Thai script form of gaṇikā

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali gaṇikā (“prostitute”, literally “she who belongs to groups; she who is familiar with groups”), ultimately from Sanskrit गणिका (gaṇikā, “idem”). Cognate with Burmese ဂဏိကာ (ga.ni.ka), Khmer គណិកា (kɔɔnekaa), Lao ຄະນິກາ (kha ni kā).

Pronunciation

Orthographicคณิกา
g ɳ i k ā
Phonemic
คะ-นิ-กา
g a – n i – k ā
RomanizationPaiboonká-ní-gaa
Royal Institutekha-ni-ka
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰa˦˥.ni˦˥.kaː˧/(R)

Noun

คณิกา • (ká-ní-gaa) (classifier คน or นาง)

  1. (elegant, chiefly literary or poetic) (นาง, หญิง~) female prostitute

Synonyms

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