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Adjective edit

สุขา

  1. Thai script form of sukhā, which is inflection of สุข:
    1. ablative singular masculine/neuter
    2. nominative/vocative plural masculine (sukha, agreeable)
  2. Thai script form of sukhā, which is inflection of สุขะ:
    1. ablative singular masculine/neuter
    2. nominative/vocative plural masculine (sukha, agreeable)

Noun edit

สุขา

  1. Thai script form of sukhā, which is ablative singular of สุข (sukha, happiness)
  2. Thai script form of sukhā, which is ablative singular of สุขะ (sukha, happiness)

Thai edit

 
Thai: สุขา
English: Toilets
Chinese: 洗手间

Etymology 1 edit

From clipping of สุขาภิบาล (sù-kǎa-pí-baan), the name of a now-defunct government agency in charge of sanitation, established in 2440 BE (1897/98 CE).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicสุขา
s u kʰ ā
Phonemic
สุ-ขา
s u – kʰ ā
RomanizationPaiboonsù-kǎa
Royal Institutesu-kha
(standard) IPA(key)/su˨˩.kʰaː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun edit

สุขา (sù-kǎa)

  1. (polite and informal) public toilet.
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Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicสุขา
s u kʰ ā
Phonemic
สุก-ขา
s u k – kʰ ā
สุ-ขา
s u – kʰ ā
RomanizationPaiboonsùk-kǎasù-kǎa
Royal Institutesuk-khasu-kha
(standard) IPA(key)/suk̚˨˩.kʰaː˩˩˦/(R)/su˨˩.kʰaː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun edit

สุขา (sùk-kǎa)

  1. (literary, poetic) Alternative form of สุข (sùk)