วิทยาลัย

Thai edit

Etymology edit

From วิทย (knowledge; science) +‎ อาลัย (aa-lai, abode, house, residence; place; source); ultimately from Sanskrit विद्यालय (vidyālaya, academy; school), from विद्या (vidyā, knowledge; science) + आलय (ālaya, house; place). Cognate with Khmer វិទ្យាល័យ (vityiəlay); Lao ວິທະຍາໄລ (wi tha nyā lai).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicวิทยาลัย
w i d y ā l ạ y
Phonemic
วิด-ทะ-ยา-ไล
w i ɗ – d a – y ā – ai l
RomanizationPaiboonwít-tá-yaa-lai
Royal Institutewit-tha-ya-lai
(standard) IPA(key)/wit̚˦˥.tʰa˦˥.jaː˧.laj˧/(R)

Noun edit

วิทยาลัย (wít-tá-yaa-lai)

  1. (education) college.

Synonyms edit