ภูเก็ต

Thai

Alternative forms

• ภูเก็จ — obsolete

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Malay bukit (“mountain; hill”), from Proto-Malayic *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukij, from Proto-Austronesian *bukij.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ภูเก็ต bʰ ū e k ˘ t
Phonemic		พู-เก็ด b ū – e k ˘ ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	puu-gèt
	Royal Institute	phu-ket
(standard) IPA(key)		/pʰuː˧.ket̚˨˩/(R)
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Proper noun

ภูเก็ต • (puu-gèt)

1. (จังหวัด~) Phuket (a province in southern Thailand).

   Synonyms: (initialism) ภก (pɔɔ-gɔɔ), (former) ถลาง (tà-lǎang)

2. Phuket (an island coterminous with the province Thailand).
3. Phuket (a city, the provincial capital of Phuket province, Thailand)