ขอเดชะ(kǒr-day-chá)
Meanings
1InterjectionC2
[Royal] May it please Your Majesty; By Your Majesty's grace.
A fixed royal phrase used when speaking to a monarch, to humbly start a request or report. Equivalent to 'May it please Your Majesty'.
Examples
ขอเดชะkǒr-day-cháขอเดชะkǒr-day-chá[Royal] May it please Your Majesty; By Your Majesty's grace.ฝ่าละอองธุลีพระบาทfàa lá-ong tú-lee prá-bàatฝ่าละอองธุลีพระบาทfàa lá-ong tú-lee prá-bàatYour/His Majesty (extreme honorific)ปกเกล้าปกกระหม่อมbpòk glâo bpòk grà-mòmปกเกล้าปกกระหม่อมbpòk glâo bpòk grà-mòm[to] reign over and protect (royal/very formal)บัดนี้bàt néeบัดนี้bàt néenow; at this time (formal/literary)คณะผู้แทนká-ná pôo taenคณะผู้แทนká-ná pôo taendelegation; group of representativesทางการทูตtaang gaan-tôotทางการทูตtaang gaan-tôotdiplomatic; related to diplomacyได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedเดินทางมาdern taang maaเดินทางมาdern taang maa[to] travel here; [to] comeถึงtĕungถึงtĕung1to; toward (recipient/goal)2even; so ... that; to the point that3as far as; concerning (formal)4to; until; up to5[to] arrive; reach6even if; even thoughแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)พ่ะpâพ่ะpâ1royal-deferential particle (archaic/formulaic)2occurs in royal-respect responsesย่ะyâย่ะyâemphatic/final particle (snappy or curt)ค่ะkâค่ะkâ1polite particle (female, statement)2polite particle (female, short response)
May it please Your Majesty, the diplomatic delegation has now arrived.
Word Breakdown
ขอkŏrขอkŏr1[to] request; ask for [sth]2[to] beg; plead3[to] wish for; pray for4polite request markerPart 1
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เดชะday-cháเดชะday-chá1power; might (formal/literary)2by virtue of; thanks to; owing to (formal)Part 2
ขอเดชะkǒr-day-cháขอเดชะkǒr-day-chá[Royal] May it please Your Majesty; By Your Majesty's grace.