บอลข่าน

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from English Balkan.

Pronunciation

Orthographicบอลข่าน
ɓ ɒ l kʰ ˋ ā n
Phonemic
บัล-ข่าน
ɓ ạ l – kʰ ˋ ā n
RomanizationPaiboonbal-kàan
Royal Institutebal-khan
(standard) IPA(key)/bal˧.kʰaːn˨˩/(R)

Proper noun

บอลข่าน • (bal-kàan)

  1. Balkan Peninsula (a geographic region and large peninsula in southeastern Europe)
  2. the Balkans (a cultural region and peninsula in Southeast Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, sometimes including Romania, Slovenia, and European Turkey)