สาธารณรัฐ

Thai

Etymology

Calque of English republic. By surface analysis, สาธารณ (sǎa-taa-rá-ná-, “public”) +‎ รัฐ (rát, “state”). Coined by Thai prince Wan Waithayakon.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		สาธารณรัฐ s ā dʰ ā r ɳ r ạ ʈʰ
Phonemic		สา-ทา-ระ-นะ-รัด s ā – d ā – r a – n a – r ạ ɗ	สา-ทา-ร̄ะ-นะ-รัด s ā – d ā – r a – n a – r ạ ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	sǎa-taa-rá-ná-rát	sǎa-taa-ra-ná-rát
	Royal Institute	sa-tha-ra-na-rat	sa-tha-ra-na-rat
(standard) IPA(key)		/saː˩˩˦.tʰaː˧.ra˦˥.na˦˥.rat̚˦˥/(R)	/saː˩˩˦.tʰaː˧.ra˧.na˦˥.rat̚˦˥/(R)

Noun

สาธารณรัฐ • (sǎa-taa-rá-ná-rát)

1. republic (state)

Descendants

• → Khmer: សាធារណរដ្ឋ (saathiərĕəʼnaʼrŏət)
• → Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ (sā thā la na lat)

Further reading

• “สาธารณรัฐ” 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.