รถไฟ
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Thai[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From รถ (rót, “wheeled vehicle”) + ไฟ (fai, “fire”). Compare Chinese 火車／火车 (huǒchē).
Pronunciation[edit]
| Orthographic | รถไฟ r tʰ ai f | |
| Phonemic | รด-ไฟ r ɗ – ai f | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | rót-fai |
| Royal Institute | rot-fai | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /rot̚˦˥.faj˧/(R) | |
Noun[edit]
รถไฟ • (rót-fai)
- (rail transport) (classifier: คัน or ตู้ for separate sections, as cars, carriages, coaches, etc; ขบวน for lines or processions) train: connected group of rolling stock.