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Etymology edit

From Sanskrit वसुधा (vasudhā, land; soil; earth; etc, literally bearer of wealth), from वसु (vasu, wealth; property; etc) + धा (dhā, bearer; maintainer; etc); equivalent to Thai พสุ +‎ ธา (taa). Cognate with Khmer ពសុធា (pɔɔsothiə).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicพสุธา
b s u dʰ ā
Phonemic
พะ-สุ-ทา
b a – s u – d ā
RomanizationPaiboonpá-sù-taa
Royal Institutepha-su-tha
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰa˦˥.su˨˩.tʰaː˧/(R)

Noun edit

พสุธา (pá-sù-taa)

  1. (elegant, poetic) land: ground, earth, soil; country, territory, nation.

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