รัฐสภา
Thai
Etymology
รัฐ (rát, “state”) + สภา (sà-paa, “assembly; council; etc”). Compare Khmer រដ្ឋសភា (rŏətthaʼsaʼphiə).
Pronunciation
Orthographic | รัฐสภา r ạ ʈʰ s bʰ ā | ||
Phonemic | รัด-ถะ-สะ-พา r ạ ɗ – tʰ a – s a – b ā | รัด-สะ-พา r ạ ɗ – s a – b ā | |
Romanization | Paiboon | rát-tà-sà-paa | rát-sà-paa |
Royal Institute | rat-tha-sa-pha | rat-sa-pha | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /rat̚˦˥.tʰa˨˩.sa˨˩.pʰaː˧/(R) | /rat̚˦˥.sa˨˩.pʰaː˧/(R) |
Noun
- national legislature: parliament, diet, congress, etc.
- lower legislature in some jurisdictions.