อุปถัมภ์

Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Pali upatthambha (support, prop; relief, ease; encouragement), from Sanskrit उपस्तम्भ (upastambha, stay, support, strengthening; encouragement, incitement; base, basis, ground, occasion; etc); equivalent to Thai อุป (ùp) +‎ ถัมภ์. Cognate with Khmer ឧបត្ថម្ភ (ʼupattham), Lao ອຸບປະຖັມ (ʼup pa tham).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicอุปถัมภ์
ɒ u p tʰ ạ m bʰ ʻ
Phonemic
อุ-ปะ-ถำ
ɒ u – p a – tʰ å
อุบ-ปะ-ถำ
ɒ u ɓ – p a – tʰ å
RomanizationPaiboonù-bpà-tǎmùp-bpà-tǎm
Royal Instituteu-pa-thamup-pa-tham
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔu˨˩.pa˨˩.tʰam˩˩˦/(R)/ʔup̚˨˩.pa˨˩.tʰam˩˩˦/(R)

Noun edit

อุปถัมภ์ (ù-bpà-tǎm)

  1. support; patronage; backing; sponsorship.

Verb edit

อุปถัมภ์ (ù-bpà-tǎm) (abstract noun การอุปถัมภ์ or ความอุปถัมภ์)

  1. to support; to patronise; to back; to sponsor.

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