ภววิทยา

Thai

Etymology

From ภว (pwá, “condition; being; form; existence; etc”) +‎ วิทยา (wít-tá-yaa, “science; knowledge; etc”); perhaps calque of English ontology; coined by the Royal Institute of Thailand in 2002.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ภววิทยา bʰ w w i d y ā
Phonemic		พะ-วะ-วิด-ทะ-ยา b a – w a – w i ɗ – d a – y ā
Romanization	Paiboon	pá-wá-wít-tá-yaa
	Royal Institute	pha-wa-wit-tha-ya
(standard) IPA(key)		/pʰa˦˥.wa˦˥.wit̚˦˥.tʰa˦˥.jaː˧/(R)

Noun

ภววิทยา • (pá-wá-wít-tá-yaa)

1. (philosophy) ontology.

See also

• (literature): กานทภาวะ (“ontology”)