ตั๋วทนาย

Thai

Etymology

From ตั๋ว (dtǔua, “bill; card; ticket”) +‎ ทนาย (tá-naai, “attorney-at-law”).

Pronunciation
Orthographicตั๋วทนาย
t ạ ˇ w d n ā y
Phonemic
ตั๋ว-ทะ-นาย
t ạ ˇ w – d a – n ā y
RomanizationPaiboondtǔua-tá-naai
Royal Institutetua-tha-nai
(standard) IPA(key)/tua̯˩˩˦.tʰa˦˥.naːj˧/(R)

Noun

ตั๋วทนาย • (dtǔua-tá-naai) (classifier ใบ)

  1. (slang) licence to practise law (as an attorney-at-law).

Usage notes
  • The licence is formally known as ใบอนุญาตให้เป็นทนายความ (bai-à-nú-yâat-hâi-bpen-tá-naai-kwaam, “licence for being an attorney-at-law”), sometimes shortened as ใบอนุญาตทนายความ (bai-à-nú-yâat-tá-naai-kwaam, “attorney(-at-law)'s licence”). It is also known colloquially as ใบอนุญาตว่าความ (bai-à-nú-yâat-wâa-kwaam, “licence to conduct cases”).
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