สุขาภิบาล

Thai

Alternative forms

• ศุขาภิบาล — archaic, obsolete or dated

Etymology

From สุข (sùk, “health; welfare; well-being; etc”) +‎ อภิบาล (à-pí-baan, “to administer, to govern; to guard, to protect; etc”); perhaps calque of English sanitary authority. Cognate with Khmer សុខាភិបាល (sokhaaphibaal), Lao ສຸຂາພິບານ (su khā phi bān).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		สุขาภิบาล s u kʰ ā bʰ i ɓ ā l
Phonemic		สุ-ขา-พิ-บาน s u – kʰ ā – b i – ɓ ā n	สุก-ขา-พิ-บาน s u k – kʰ ā – b i – ɓ ā n
Romanization	Paiboon	sù-kǎa-pí-baan	sùk-kǎa-pí-baan
	Royal Institute	su-kha-phi-ban	suk-kha-phi-ban
(standard) IPA(key)		/su˨˩.kʰaː˩˩˦.pʰi˦˥.baːn˧/(R)	/suk̚˨˩.kʰaː˩˩˦.pʰi˦˥.baːn˧/(R)

Noun

สุขาภิบาล • (sù-kǎa-pí-baan)

1. sanitary authority.
2. (government, historical) sukhaphiban: a type of local government in Siam (later Thailand), inferior to เทศบาล (têet-sà-baan), led by the chief of a district.

Proper noun

สุขาภิบาล • (sù-kǎa-pí-baan)

1. (government, historical) a government agency of Siam in charge of sanitation, established in 2440 BE (1897/98 CE)

Derived terms

• สุขา (sù-kǎa)