โทรทัศน์
Thai
Etymology
From โทร (too-rá-, “far; remote”) + ทัศน์ (tát, “view; vision”); phono-semantic matching from English and calque of English television; coined by Prince Narathip Phong Praphan (1891–1976), Royal Society president. Compare Lao ໂທລະທັດ (thō la that) and Hindi दूरदर्शन (dūrdarśan), and see the Hindi for more on the components.
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | โทรทัศน์ o d r d ạ ɕ n ʻ | |
|---|---|---|
| Phonemic | โท-ระ-ทัด o d – r a – d ạ ɗ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | too-rá-tát |
| Royal Institute | tho-ra-that | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /tʰoː˧.ra˦˥.tʰat̚˦˥/(R) | |
| Homophones | โทรทรรศน์ | |
Noun
โทรทัศน์ • (too-rá-tát)
Usage notes
Synonyms
- ทีวี (tii-wii)
Further reading
- “โทรทัศน์” 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.