ปฏิชีวนะ

Thai

Etymology

From ปฏิ (bpà-dtì, “against”) +‎ ชีวนะ (“biotic”); calque of English antibiotic. Cognate with Burmese ပဋိဇီဝဆေး (pa.ti.jiwa.hce:).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ปฏิชีวนะ p ʈ i d͡ʑ ī w n a
Phonemic		ปะ-ติ-ชี-วะ-นะ p a – t i – d͡ʑ ī – w a – n a
Romanization	Paiboon	bpà-dtì-chii-wá-ná
	Royal Institute	pa-ti-chi-wa-na
(standard) IPA(key)		/pa˨˩.ti˨˩.t͡ɕʰiː˧.wa˦˥.naʔ˦˥/(R)

Noun

ปฏิชีวนะ • (bpà-dtì-chii-wá-ná)

1. antibiotic.