โทรทัศน์

Thai

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Etymology

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From โทร (too-rá-, far; remote) +‎ ทัศน์ (view; vision); phono-semantic matching from English and calque of English television; coined by Prince Narathip Phong Praphan (1891–1976), Royal Society president. Compare Lao ໂທລະທັດ (thō la that) and Hindi दूरदर्शन (dūrdarśan).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicโทรทัศน์
o d r d ạ ɕ n ʻ
Phonemic
โท-ระ-ทัด
o d – r a – d ạ ɗ
RomanizationPaiboontoo-rá-tát
Royal Institutetho-ra-that
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰoː˧.ra˦˥.tʰat̚˦˥/(R)
Homophonesโทรทรรศน์

Noun

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โทรทัศน์ (too-rá-tát)

  1. television.

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