วุฒิสภา
Thai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From วุฒิ (“senior; old”) + สภา (sà-paa, “assembly”). Calque of English senate. Coined by Wan Waithayakon. First used in 1947, replacing พฤฒสภา (prʉ́t-tá-sà-paa).
Pronunciation
[edit]| Orthographic | วุฒิสภา w u ɖʰ i s bʰ ā | |
| Phonemic | วุด-ทิ-สะ-พา w u ɗ – d i – s a – b ā | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | wút-tí-sà-paa |
| Royal Institute | wut-thi-sa-pha | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /wut̚˦˥.tʰi˦˥.sa˨˩.pʰaː˧/(R) | |
Noun
[edit]วุฒิสภา • (wút-tí-sà-paa)