ฉะเชิงเทรา
Thai
Alternative forms
- ฉเชิงเซา — obsolete
Etymology
Believed to be a corruption of Old Khmer ច្ទិង៑ (cdiṅ), ច្ទិង្ង៑ (cdiṅṅ), ឆ្ទិង៑ (chdiṅ), ឆ្ទិង្ង៑ (chdiṅṅ, “river; stream”), corresponding to Modern Khmer ស្ទឹង (stɨng) + Old Khmer ជ្រៅ (jrau), ជ្រោវ៑ (jrov, “deep”), corresponding to Modern Khmer ជ្រៅ (crɨw); literally “deep river”; after the Bang Pakong River.[1]
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ฉะเชิงเทรา t͡ɕʰ a e d͡ʑ i ŋ e d r ā | |
|---|---|---|
| Phonemic | ฉะ-เชิง-เซา t͡ɕʰ a – e d͡ʑ i ŋ – e z ā | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | chà-chəəng-sao |
| Royal Institute | cha-choeng-sao | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /t͡ɕʰa˨˩.t͡ɕʰɤːŋ˧.saw˧/(R) | |
Proper noun
ฉะเชิงเทรา • (chà-chəəng-sao)
- (เมือง~) Chachoengsao (a city in Thailand)
- (จังหวัด~) Chachoengsao (a province of Thailand)
- Synonyms: (initialism) ฉช (chɔ̌ɔ-chɔɔ), (former; colloquial) แปดริ้ว
- (อำเภอเมือง~) Mueang Chachoengsao (a district of Chachoengsao Province, Thailand)