Thái Lan

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 泰蘭, composed of 泰 (“Thai”) and 蘭 (“-land”), coined with the phonetic morpheme 蘭 / 兰 (lán) by analogy with the European names of Thailand. In proper Mandarin, the country is known as 泰國 / 泰国 (Tàiguó), with the semantic morpheme 國 / 国 (guó, “country; state; -land”) instead.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰaːj˧˦ laːn˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰaːj˨˩˦ laːŋ˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰaːj˦˥ laːŋ˧˧]

    Proper noun

    Thái Lan

    1. Thailand (a country in Southeast Asia)

    Synonyms

    See also

    countries in Asia: các quốc gia châu Á (appendix)edit
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