เจ้า
jâaoMeanings
lord; master; owner
a person with authority or ownership; a lord, master, or owner.
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ruler; prince (royal title)
a royal or noble title; a ruler or prince.
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deity; spirit (title/noun)
a deity or tutelary spirit; also used as a title in names (e.g., เจ้าที่เจ้าที่jâao-tîi1landowner; property owner2guardian spirit (of a place), เจ้าแม่เจ้าแม่jâao-mɛ̂ɛ1matriarch; queenpin; patroness2goddess; tutelary female spirit).
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prefix: familiar or affectionate term before names or nouns
a prefix placed before a name or noun to refer familiarly or affectionately to a person, animal, or thing; its tone can also be disparaging
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you (familiar/regional; archaic/literary)
a familiar or dialectal second-person pronoun meaning you, used in certain regions (e.g., Northern/Isan) or literary styles.
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classifier for businesses, suppliers, or individual parties
a classifier counting businesses, sellers, suppliers, or people treated as separate parties, as in ร้านสองเจ้า (two shops or vendors)
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Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markMai tho
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Falling tone
jâao
Starts high, rises a little, then drops clearly.
Mid class + Mai tho → Falling
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |