กันยา

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कन्या (kanyā́, girl).

Pronunciation

Orthographicกันยา
k ạ n y ā
Phonemic
กัน-ยา
k ạ n – y ā
RomanizationPaiboongan-yaa
Royal Institutekan-ya
(standard) IPA(key)/kan˧.jaː˧/(R)
Homophonesกัญญา

Noun

กันยา • (gan-yaa)

  1. girl.
  2. clipping of กันยายน (gan-yaa-yon)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • กันยา” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.