เลขา
secretary
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Refers to a secretary who supports an executive or organization by handling schedules, messages, documents, and similar administrative work. It is the commonly spoken shortened form of เลขานุการ.
secretary
A secretary who provides administrative support to a person or serves a similar coordinating and record-keeping role in an organization or committee.
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เธอเป็นเลขาของผู้อำนวยการ thəə pen leekhǎa khɔ̌ɔŋ phûuamnuaykaan She is the director's secretary. เธอเป็นเลขาของผู้อำนวยการ details
Learning notes
Explanation
เลขา is a shortened form of เลขานุการ, meaning “secretary.” It is very common in workplace conversation, while the full form is more appropriate in official job titles, formal documents, and job advertisements. The word is gender-neutral. Secretaries are counted with คน, as in เลขาหนึ่งคน, “one secretary.” Its central idea is someone who supports a person or organization by managing schedules, communication, documents, or records. Depending on the setting, English may use “secretary,” “personal secretary,” or “committee secretary.”
Usage
Commonly used in offices when discussing an executive's schedule, messages, visitors, or documents. It can also refer to the secretary of a committee or organization who handles coordination and records.
Caution
In ordinary modern usage, เลขา normally means “secretary.” Use the full form เลขานุการ in formal writing. Do not automatically equate it with เลขาธิการ, which often denotes a higher office such as “secretary-general” rather than a personal or administrative secretary.
Differences from similar words
1 secretary synonyms
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เลขานุการ is the full, formal term and is preferred in official titles and formal documents. เลขา refers to the same role but is a shortened form commonly used in workplace conversation.