ประเทศ

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographicประเทศ
p r a e d ɕ
Phonemic
ปฺระ-เทด
p ̥ r a – e d ɗ
[bound form]
ปฺระ-เทด-สะ-
p ̥ r a – e d ɗ – s a –
RomanizationPaiboonbprà-têetbprà-têet-sà-
Royal Institutepra-thetpra-thet-sa-
(standard) IPA(key)/pra˨˩.tʰeːt̚˥˩/(R)/pra˨˩.tʰeːt̚˥˩.sa˨˩./

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रदेश (pradeśa, country; district; region; place; spot; etc). Compare Pali padesa; Modern Khmer ប្រទេស (prɑteih).

Alternative forms

  • ประเทษ, ประเทสarchaic, obsolete or dated

Noun

ประเทศ • (bprà-têet)

  1. nation; also used as a prefix to the name of a nation.
  2. (elegant) area; district; locality; place; region; spot.
  3. (humorous) city; province.
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Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ประเทศ • (bprà-têet)

  1. alternative form of บรเทศ (bɔɔ-rá-têet)

Further reading

  • ประเทศ” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.