วุฒิสภา

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Thai

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Etymology

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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

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Orthographicวุฒิสภา
w u ɖʰ i s bʰ ā
Phonemic
วุด-ทิ-สะ-พา
w u ɗ – d i – s a – b ā
RomanizationPaiboonwút-tí-sà-paa
Royal Institutewut-thi-sa-pha
(standard) IPA(key)/wut̚˦˥.tʰi˦˥.sa˨˩.pʰaː˧/(R)

Noun

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วุฒิสภา (wút-tí-sà-paa)

  1. senate: legislative assembly.