Thai

Alternative forms

Noun

พระราชโองการ • ‎(prá-râat-chá-oong-gaan)

1. (of a male monarch) command; decree; order; pronouncement.
2. (archaic, of a male monarch) speech; statement; word; utterance.

Usage notes

• For a female, the term พระราชเสาวนีย์ ‎(prá-râat-chá-sǎo-wá-nii) is used.
• Now less formal than พระบรมราชโองการ ‎(prá-bɔɔ-rom-má-râat-chá-oong-gaan) and often applied to a male monarch without formal coronation.