สมเด็จเจ้าพระยา

Thai

Etymology

From สมเด็จ (sǒm-dèt) + เจ้าพระยา (jâao-prá-yaa). Compare Khmer សម្ដេចចៅពញា (sɑɑmdəccawpñiə).

Pronunciation

Orthographicสมเด็จเจ้าพระยา
smeɗ˘t͡ɕet͡ɕˆābrayā
Phonemic
สม-เด็ด-จ้าว-พฺระ-ยา
smeɗ˘ɗt͡ɕˆāwb̥rayā
RomanizationPaiboonsǒm-dèt-jâao-prá-yaa
Royal Institutesom-det-chao-phra-ya
(standard) IPA(key)/som˩˩˦.det̚˨˩.t͡ɕaːw˥˩.pʰra˦˥.jaː˧/(R)

Noun

สมเด็จเจ้าพระยา • (sǒm-dèt-jâao-prá-yaa) (historical)

  1. the highest Thai noble rank.
  2. person holding such rank.

Usage notes

The rank was created during the time of the Thonburi Kingdom. Prior to that, the rank เจ้าพระยา (jâao-prá-yaa) was the highest.

See also

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