จา(jaa)
Meanings
1ParticleA2
colloquial spelling of จะจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals) ‘will/shall’
nonstandard, informal spelling representing จะจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals) (future auxiliary ‘will/shall’) in casual writing or chat
Examples
2NounB1
given name element/syllable ‘Ja’
a syllable used in some Thai personal names or transcriptions of foreign names (e.g., จาจาjaa1given name element/syllable ‘Ja’2colloquial spelling of จะ ‘will/shall’- at the start of a name).
Examples
เพื่อนpêuuanเพื่อนpêuuan1friend2classmate; colleague (peer)3companion; fellowของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mineชื่อchêuชื่อchêu1name2reputation; renown3[to] be named; be calledจารุณีjaa-rú-neeจารุณีjaa-rú-neebeautiful young womanแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ทุกคนtúk konทุกคนtúk koneveryone; everybodyเรียกrîakเรียกrîak1[to] call out; summon; hail2[to] ask for; charge; demand3[to] recruit; enlist4[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); nameเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillสั้นๆsân sânสั้นๆsân sân1briefly; in short2curtly; terselyว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeจาjaaจาjaa1given name element/syllable ‘Ja’2colloquial spelling of จะ ‘will/shall’
My friend's name is Jarunee, but everyone calls her 'Ja' for short.