Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit परदेश (paradeśa, other country; foreign country; hostile country, literally other country), from पर (para, other) + देश (deśa, country; region; etc), equivalent to Thai บร (bɔɔn, different; other) +‎ เทศ (têet, country; region; locality; etc); perhaps via Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer or Angkorian Old Khmer paradeśa (foreign land; foreigner; to be foreign, to be from another land). Cognate with Modern Khmer បរទេស (bɑɑrĕəʼteih). Compare Pali paradesa; Old Khmer paradesa.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicบรเทศ
ɓ r e d ɕ
Phonemic
บอ-ระ-เทด
ɓ ɒ – r a – e d ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonbɔɔ-rá-têet
Royal Institutebo-ra-thet
(standard) IPA(key)/bɔː˧.ra˦˥.tʰeːt̚˥˩/(R)

Noun edit

บรเทศ (bɔɔ-rá-têet)

  1. (elegant, archaic) foreign land; foreigner.
  2. (Thailand music) a type of traditional music, as แขกบรเทศ (kɛ̀ɛk-bɔɔ-rá-têet), พม่าบรเทศ (pá-mâa-bɔɔ-rá-têet), etc.

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