รามาธิบดี

Thai

Etymology

From Pali rāmādhipati (literally “Overlord Rāma”), from rāma (“Rāma”) + adhipati (literally “overlord; high king”); or from Sanskrit रमाधिपति (ramādhipati, idem), from राम (rāma) + अधिपति (adhipati); equivalent to Thai ราม (raam) +‎ อธิบดี (à-típ-bɔɔ-dii). Cognate with Khmer រាមាធិបតី (riəmiəthɨptəy).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		รามาธิบดี r ā m ā dʰ i ɓ ɗ ī
Phonemic		รา-มา-ธิบ-บอ-ดี r ā – m ā – dʰ i ɓ – ɓ ɒ – ɗ ī	รา-มา-ทิ-บอ-ดี r ā – m ā – d i – ɓ ɒ – ɗ ī
Romanization	Paiboon	raa-maa-típ-bɔɔ-dii	raa-maa-tí-bɔɔ-dii
	Royal Institute	ra-ma-thip-bo-di	ra-ma-thi-bo-di
(standard) IPA(key)		/raː˧.maː˧.tʰip̚˦˥.bɔː˧.diː˧/(R)	/raː˧.maː˧.tʰi˦˥.bɔː˧.diː˧/(R)

Proper noun

รามาธิบดี • (raa-maa-típ-bɔɔ-dii)

1. (Hinduism) an epithet of the hero Rāma, an avatar of the god Viṣṇu.
2. a royal title conventionally used by the monarch of Thailand, also used by many Asian monarchs.