ယိုးဒယား

ယိုးဒယား

See also: အယုဓျာ and အယုဓျ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Thai อยุธยา (à-yút-tá-yaa, “Ayutthaya”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ယိုးဒ'ယား
• IPA^(key): /jódəjá/
• Romanization: MLCTS: yui:da.ya: • ALA-LC: yuiʺdayāʺ • BGN/PCGN: yo:dăya: • Okell: yoùdăyà

Proper noun

ယိုးဒယား • (yui:da.ya:)

1. Thailand
2. Thai
3. (~မြို့) Ayutthaya (the historical capital of Thailand)
4. (historical) Ayutthaya Kingdom
5. (music) Yodaya, a genre of Burmese classical music; see မဟာဂီတ (ma.hagita.)

Usage notes

The transcription of ယိုးဒယား (yui:da.ya:), which is a commonly used neutral Burmese exonym for Thai, is an indigenized form of အယုဓျာ (a.yu.dhya), the transliterated form.

Synonyms

• ထိုင်း (htuing:)