พฤฒสภา

Thai

Etymology

From พฤฒ (“old”) +‎ สภา (sà-paa, “assembly”). Calque of English senate. Coined by Wan Waithayakon. First used in 1946; replaced by วุฒิสภา (wút-tí-sà-paa) in the following year.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		พฤฒสภา b ṛ ɖʰ s bʰ ā
Phonemic		พฺรึด-ทะ-สะ-พา b ̥ r ụ ɗ – d a – s a – b ā
Romanization	Paiboon	prʉ́t-tá-sà-paa
	Royal Institute	phruet-tha-sa-pha
(standard) IPA(key)		/pʰrɯt̚˦˥.tʰa˦˥.sa˨˩.pʰaː˧/(R)

Noun

พฤฒสภา • (prʉ́t-tá-sà-paa)

1. (obsolete) senate: legislative assembly.

Descendants

• → Khmer: ព្រឹទ្ធសភា (prɨtsaʼphiə)