ตั๋วทนาย
Thai
Etymology
From ตั๋ว (dtǔua, “bill; card; ticket”) + ทนาย (tá-naai, “attorney-at-law”).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ตั๋วทนาย t ạ ˇ w d n ā y | |
| Phonemic | ตั๋ว-ทะ-นาย t ạ ˇ w – d a – n ā y | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | dtǔua-tá-naai |
| Royal Institute | tua-tha-nai | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /tua̯˩˩˦.tʰa˦˥.naːj˧/ | |
Noun
ตั๋วทนาย • (dtǔua-tá-naai) (classifier ใบ)
- (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”).