ในหลวง

Thai

Etymology

Possibly from corruption of นาย (naai, “chief; lord; master”) +‎ หลวง (lǔuang, “great; royal”); literally "great lord", "overlord", "royal lord".

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ในหลวง au n h l w ŋ
Phonemic		ไน-หฺลวง ai n – h ̥ l w ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	nai-lǔuang
	Royal Institute	nai-luang
(standard) IPA^(key)		/naj˧.lua̯ŋ˩˩˦/^(R)

Noun

ใน หลวง • (nai-lǔuang)

(colloquial, only in Thailand) king: male monarch.

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