จำเลย

Thai

Etymology

From Old Khmer camley (answer; reply; response), from Old Khmer chley, chlœya (to answer; to reply; to respond; etc), from which Thai เฉลย (chà-lə̌əi) is derived.

Pronunciation

Orthographicจำเลย
t͡ɕåely
Phonemic
จำ-เลย
t͡ɕåely
RomanizationPaiboonjam-ləəi
Royal Institutecham-loei
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕam˧.lɤːj˧/(R)

Noun

จำเลย • (jam-ləəi) (classifier คน or ราย)

  1. (civil procedure) defendant; defending party.
  2. (criminal procedure) the accused; accused person; accused party.
  3. (figurative) person accused unduly or groundlessly; person subject to an undue or groundless accusation.
    จำเลยสังคม
    jam-ləəi sǎng-kom
    defendant of the society
    (referring to a person whom the society unduly accuses of something)

Usage notes

  • In the Thai criminal procedure law, the term refers to a person charged in court with a crime. A person reported to have committed a crime but having not yet been charged in court is called ผู้ต้องหา (pûu-dtɔ̂ng-hǎa). A person accused of a wrongdoing may also be called ผู้ถูกกล่าวหา.
  • In the Thai legal system, the term is only used in the courts of justice. In the administrative courts, a defending party is called ผู้ถูกฟ้องคดี (pûu-tùuk-fɔ́ɔng-ká-dii). In the Constitutional Court, such a party is known as ผู้ถูกร้อง (pûu-tùuk-rɔ́ɔng).

Antonyms

Verb

จำเลย • (jam-ləəi)

  1. (archaic and poetic) to answer; to reply.
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