ข้าหลวง(kâa lŭuang)

Meanings

1NounC1

royal attendant/retainer

a person who serves the king or the royal court (historical/formal), often including ladies-in-waiting in the inner court.

Examples

ในสมัยก่อนnai sà-măi gònในสมัยก่อนnai sà-măi gònin the past; formerlyลูกสาวlôok săaoลูกสาวlôok săaodaughterของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsขุนนางkŭn naangขุนนางkŭn naangnoble; aristocrat; court officialมักจะmák jàมักจะmák jà1often; usually (habit/frequency)2tend to; be apt/prone to (general tendency)ถูกtòokถูกtòok1cheap; inexpensive2correct; right3proper; morally right4to be correct/right5[to] be affected; suffer (often adverse)6by (passive marker)ส่งsòngส่งsòng1[to] send; dispatch2[to] submit; hand in; turn in3[to] drop off; deliver (someone/something)4[to] pass (to); feed (a ball)5[to] escort; see off6[to] emit; transmit; send outเข้าไปkâo bpaiเข้าไปkâo bpai1[to] go in; enter (away from the speaker)2directional complement: into; in (away from speaker)ถวายตัวtà-wăai dtuuaถวายตัวtà-wăai dtuua1[to] present oneself for royal service2[to] consecrate/devote oneself (to a deity or religion)3[historical] [to] become a royal consort/concubineเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsข้าหลวงkâa lŭuangข้าหลวงkâa lŭuang1royal attendant/retainer2royal commissioner/governorในวังnai wangในวังnai wangin the palace
In the old days, the daughters of noblemen were often sent to be presented as royal court servants in the palace.
2NounC2

royal commissioner/governor

an official appointed by the king to run a region or carry out a mission, especially in the late 19th to early 20th century.

Examples

ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)สมัยsà-măiสมัยsà-măi1period; era; age2term; tenure3modern; contemporary4during; in the time ofรัชกาลrát-chá-gaanรัชกาลrát-chá-gaanreign (of a monarch); specific numbered reignที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slot5มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoการส่งgaan sòngการส่งgaan sòng1sending; dispatch2delivery; shipping3transmission; broadcasting (signals/data)4submission; filing5pass (sports)ข้าหลวงkâa lŭuangข้าหลวงkâa lŭuang1royal attendant/retainer2royal commissioner/governorไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ปกครองดูแลbpòk-krong doo-laeปกครองดูแลbpòk-krong doo-lae[to] govern and care for; administer and look afterหัวเมืองhŭua meuuangหัวเมืองhŭua meuuang1provincial town/city; upcountry (historical)2provincial territories; outlying provinces (historical)ต่างๆdtàang-dtàangต่างๆdtàang-dtàangvarious; different; diverseเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofรวบrûuapรวบrûuap1[to] gather; bring together; collect2[to] tie up; bundle; hold together3[to] arrest; apprehend; round up4[to] tuck in; gather up (hair/clothes)รวมอำนาจruuam am-nâatรวมอำนาจruuam am-nâat[to] centralize power; concentrate authorityเข้าสู่kâo sòoเข้าสู่kâo sòo1[to] enter; go into (a place/area)2[to] enter/transition into (a state/period/stage)ศูนย์กลางsŏon glaangศูนย์กลางsŏon glaang1center; hub (literal)2center; hub (figurative)
During the reign of King Rama V, royal commissioners were sent to govern various provincial towns in order to centralize power.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ข้าkâaข้าkâa1I; me (archaic/poetic; rustic)2servant; subject (historical)3I; me (deferential to royalty, historical formula)Part 1
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หลวงlŭuangหลวงlŭuang1royal; of the king/state2state; public; official3honorific for monks/holy objects4venerable monk (colloq.)Part 2
ข้าหลวงkâa lŭuangข้าหลวงkâa lŭuangroyal attendant/retainer