อุกกาบาต

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali ukkāpāta (literally falling of firebrand); ultimately from Sanskrit उल्कापात (ulkāpāta), from which Thai อุกลาบาต is derived.

Pronunciation

Orthographicอุกกาบาต
ɒ u k k ā ɓ ā t
Phonemic
อุก-กา-บาด
ɒ u k – k ā – ɓ ā ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonùk-gaa-bàat
Royal Instituteuk-ka-bat
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔuk̚˨˩.kaː˧.baːt̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

อุกกาบาต • (ùk-gaa-bàat)

  1. (astronomy) meteorite
    Synonym: ผีพุ่งใต้

Derived terms

  • ลูกอุกกาบาต

Further reading

  • อุกกาบาต” 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.