กรุงเทพฯ
Thai edit
Etymology edit
From 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 edit
| Orthographic | 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 edit
กรุงเทพฯ • (grung-têep)
- (colloquial, endonym) Bangkok (the capital of Thailand)
Usage notes edit
กรุงเทพฯ only means the capital of Thailand, while กรุงเทพ (without ฯ) is used in other proper names such as schools or universities.
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: Krung Thep
- → Lao: ກຸງເທບ (kung thēp)
- → Lü: ᦂᦳᧂᦒᦲᧇ (k̇ungthiib)