รถไฟ

Thai

Etymology

From รถ (rót, “wheeled vehicle”) +‎ ไฟ (fai, “fire”). Compare Chinese 火車／火车 (huǒchē).

Pronunciation

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

ระวังรถไฟ = watch out for trains

รถไฟ • (rót-fai)

1. (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.

Descendants

• → Southern Thai: หรดไฟ
• → Lao: ລົດໄຟ (lot fai)
• → Lü: ᦟᦷᧆᦝᦺ (lodfay)
• → Khmer: រថភ្លើង (rŭətphləəng) (calque), រទេះភ្លើង (rɔteh phləəng) (calque)