ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ

Lao

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रजा (prajā, “subjects, the people”) + Pali ādhipateyya, adhipateyya (“lordship; domination; power”); equivalent to ປະຊາ (pa sā) +‎ ອະທິປະໄຕ (ʼa thi pa tai). Compare Thai ประชาธิปไตย (bprà-chaa-tí-bpà-dtai) and Khmer ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ (prɑciəthɨppaʼtay).

Pronunciation

  • (Vientiane) IPA(key): [pa(ʔ˧˥).saː˧˥.tʰiʔ˧.pa(ʔ˧˥).taj˩(˧)]
  • (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [pa(ʔ˩˨).saː˩˨.tʰiʔ˧˨.pa(ʔ˩˨).taj˩˨]
  • Hyphenation: ປະ-ຊາ-ທິ-ປະ-ໄຕ
  • Rhymes: -aj

Noun

ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ • (pa sā thi pa tai)

  1. democracy
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