สุราษฎร์ธานี
Thai
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Etymology
[edit]From สุ (sù, “good”) + ราษฎร์ (râat, “citizen; inhabitant”) + ธานี (taa-nii, “town; city”); literally "city of good citizens"; coined by Rama VI in 1915; สุราษฎร์ (sù-râat; “good citizens”) being phono-semantic matching of Gujarati સુરત (surat, “Surat”, city in Gujarat); formerly known as บ้านดอน (bâan-dɔɔn).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]| Orthographic | สุราษฎร์ธานี s u r ā ʂ ᶑ r ʻ dʰ ā n ī | |
| Phonemic | สุ-ราด-ทา-นี s u – r ā ɗ – d ā – n ī | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | sù-râat-taa-nii |
| Royal Institute | su-rat-tha-ni | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /su˨˩.raːt̚˥˩.tʰaː˧.niː˧/(R) | |
Proper noun
[edit]สุราษฎร์ธานี • (sù-râat-taa-nii)
- (จังหวัด~) Surat Thani (a province of Thailand)
- (อำเภอเมือง~) Mueang Surat Thani (a district of Surat Thani province)
References
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- Thai compound terms
- Thai phono-semantic matchings from Gujarati
- Thai terms derived from Gujarati
- Rhymes:Thai/iː
- Thai terms with IPA pronunciation
- Thai 4-syllable words
- Thai lemmas
- Thai proper nouns
- Thai terms spelled with ฎ
- th:Surat Thani province
- th:Provinces of Thailand
- th:Places in Thailand
- th:Places in Surat Thani province