กรุงเทพฯ
Thai
editEtymology
editFrom กรุง (grung, “city”) + เทพ (têep, “god”); shortened from กรุงเทพมหานคร (grung-têep-má-hǎa-ná-kɔɔn, literally “celestial city”). The last symbol ฯ is an abbreviation indicator.
Pronunciation
editOrthographic | กรุงเทพฯ k r u ŋ e d b ǂ | |
Phonemic | กฺรุง-เทบ k ̥ r u ŋ – e d ɓ | |
Romanization | Paiboon | grung-têep |
Royal Institute | krung-thep | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /kruŋ˧.tʰeːp̚˥˩/(R) | |
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Proper noun
editกรุงเทพฯ • (grung-têep)
- (colloquial, endonym) Bangkok (the capital of Thailand)
Usage notes
editกรุงเทพฯ only means the capital of Thailand, while กรุงเทพ (without ฯ) is used in other proper names such as schools or universities.
Synonyms
editDescendants
edit- → English: Krung Thep
- → Lao: ກຸງເທບ (kung thēp)
- → Lü: ᦂᦳᧂᦒᦲᧇ (k̇ungthiib)