สุราษฎร์ธานี
Thai
Etymology
From สุ (sù, “good”) + ราษฎร์ (râat, “citizen; inhabitant”) + ธานี (taa-nii, “town; city”); literally "city of good citizens"; coined by Rama VI in 1915; สุราษฎร์ (sù-râat; “good citizens”) being phono-semantic matching of Gujarati સુરત (surat, “Surat”, city in Gujarat); formerly known as บ้านดอน (bâan-dɔɔn).[1]
Pronunciation
Orthographic | สุราษฎร์ธานี s u r ā ʂ ᶑ r ʻ dʰ ā n ī | |
Phonemic | สุ-ราด-ทา-นี s u – r ā ɗ – d ā – n ī | |
Romanization | Paiboon | sù-râat-taa-nii |
Royal Institute | su-rat-tha-ni | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /su˨˩.raːt̚˥˩.tʰaː˧.niː˧/(R) |
Proper noun
สุราษฎร์ธานี • (sù-râat-taa-nii)
- (จังหวัด~) Surat Thani (a province of Thailand)
- (อำเภอเมือง~) Mueang Surat Thani (a district of Surat Thani province)
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