กาชาด

Thai

Etymology

From กา (gaa, “cross”) +‎ ชาด (châat, “vermilion”); calque of English Red Cross; believed to have been used interchangeably with the name อุณาโลมแดง, which was announced on 24 April 2436 BE (1893 CE), and formally replaced the mentioned name since 2449 BE (1906/07 CE).[1]

Pronunciation
Orthographicกาชาด
k ā d͡ʑ ā ɗ
Phonemic
กา-ชาด
k ā – d͡ʑ ā ɗ
RomanizationPaiboongaa-châat
Royal Instituteka-chat
(standard) IPA(key)/kaː˧.t͡ɕʰaːt̚˥˩/(R)

Proper noun

กาชาด • (gaa-châat)

  1. Red Cross: international philanthropic organisation.

Descendants
  • → Lao: ກາຊາດ (kā sāt)

References
  1. สภากาชาดไทย (n.d.) “จากสภาอุณาโลมแดงถึงสภากาชาดไทย”, in ข้อมูลองค์กร: ประวัติ‎ (in Thai), Bangkok: สภากาชาดไทย, retrieved 2020-01-09
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