หลวงเจ๊

Thai

Etymology

From หลวง (lǔuang, “an honorific for a monk”, literally “great; grand; etc”) +‎ เจ๊ (jée, “elder sister”), mocking the ecclesiastical term หลวงพี่ (literally “great elder brother”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicหลวงเจ๊
h l w ŋ e t͡ɕ ˊ
Phonemic
หฺลวง-เจ๊
h ̥ l w ŋ – e t͡ɕ ˊ
RomanizationPaiboonlǔuang-jée
Royal Instituteluang-che
(standard) IPA(key)/lua̯ŋ˩˩˦.t͡ɕeː˦˥/(R)

Noun

หลวงเจ๊ • (lǔuang-jée)

  1. (slang, humorous, sometimes derogatory) effeminate monk.
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