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เฉลย

เฉลย

Thai

Noun

เฉลย • ‎(chà-lə̌əi)

  1. answer or explanation, provided by the asker, for a question asked to test someone's knowledge.
  2. (obsolete) any answer or explanation.

Verb

เฉลย • ‎(chà-lə̌əi) ‎(abstract noun การเฉลย)

  1. to provide such an answer or explanation.

Etymology

From Old Khmer chley, chlœya ‎(“to answer; to reply; to respond; etc.”). Compare Modern Khmer ឆ្លើយ ‎(chhlaeuy).

See also: Thai จำเลย ‎(jam-ləəi, “defendant”), from Khmer ចំឡើយ ‎(châmlaeuy, “answer; reply; response”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic เฉลย
e t͡ɕʰ l y
Phonemic ฉะ-เหฺลย
t͡ɕʰ a – e h ̥ l y
Paiboon chà-lə̌əi
(Bangkok) IPA(key) /t͡ɕʰä(ʔ)˨˩.lɤːj˩˩˦/

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