chəətree (literary)

Key word for the letter ฌ (chɔɔ chəə). It came from Khmer and survives in poetry and names; in everyday speech a tree is ต้นไม้.

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เฌอ

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Kai says

In Thailand, a nickname is often a name people use every day, not just a shortened version of a formal name. It may be chosen before the formal name itself.

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