เชลย

Thai

Etymology

From Old Khmer jley (“one who is carried off; transportee; deportee; captive; etc”), which was probably derived from Cham jalơy; or from Old Mon jlūy (“one carried off during military operations”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ឈ្លើយ (chləəy, “captive”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		เชลย e d͡ʑ l y
Phonemic		ชะ-เลย d͡ʑ a – e l y
Romanization	Paiboon	chá-ləəi
	Royal Institute	cha-loei
(standard) IPA^(key)		/t͡ɕʰa˦˥.lɤːj˧/

Noun

เชลย • (chá-ləəi) (classifier คน)

captive; prisoner.

Derived terms

เชลยศึก (chá-ləəi-sʉ̀k, “prisoner of war”)