กะลาสี

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kelasi (“sailor”), from Classical Persian (xalāsī). Cognate with Hindi ख़लासी (xalāsī), Urdu خلاصی (xalāsī), Burmese ခလာသီ (hka.lasi) and Malayalam ഖലാസി (khalāsi).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		กะลาสี k a l ā s ī
Phonemic		กะ-ลา-สี k a – l ā – s ī
Romanization	Paiboon	gà-laa-sǐi
	Royal Institute	ka-la-si
(standard) IPA^(key)		/ka˨˩.laː˧.siː˩˩˦/^(R)

Noun

กะลาสี • (gà-laa-sǐi)

sailor, seaman.

Synonyms

ลูกเรือ (lûuk-rʉʉa)

Descendants

→ Lao: ກະລາສີ (ka lā sī)

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