ทวิอัฒจันทร์

Thai

Etymology

Compound of ทวิ (tá-wí, “two; twice; both”) +‎ อัฒจันทร์ (àt-tá-jan, “spectator stand”). Perhaps calque of English amphitheatre. Coined by Royal Institute of Thailand in 2002.[1]

Pronunciation

Orthographicทวิอัฒจันทร์
d w i ɒ ạ ɖʰ t͡ɕ ạ n d r ʻ
Phonemic
ทะ-วิ-อัด-ทะ-จัน
d a – w i – ɒ ạ ɗ – d a – t͡ɕ ạ n
RomanizationPaiboontá-wí-àt-tá-jan
Royal Institutetha-wi-at-tha-chan
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰa˦˥.wi˦˥.ʔat̚˨˩.tʰa˦˥.t͡ɕan˧/(R)

Noun

ทวิอัฒจันทร์ • (tá-wí-àt-tá-jan) (classifier แห่ง)

  1. amphitheatre

References

  1. ^ “amphitheatre”, in ศัพท์บัญญัติราชบัณฑิตยสถาน‎[1] (in Thai), 11 March 2002

Further reading

  • “ทวิอัฒจันทร์” 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.
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