อำเภอ

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Etymology[edit]

From Angkorian Old Khmer អំវេ (ʼaṃve) or អំពេ (ʼaṃbe, activity; deed; creation; [possibly] area; district; region), from *វេ (*ve, to do, act, make). Compare Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer អំវេ (ʼaṃve). Cognate with Modern Khmer អំពើ (ʼɑmpəə).

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicอำเภอ
ɒ å e bʰ ɒ
Phonemic
อำ-เพอ
ɒ å – e b ɒ
RomanizationPaiboonam-pəə
Royal Instituteam-phoe
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔam˧.pʰɤː˧/(R)

Noun[edit]

อำเภอ (am-pəə) (classifier แห่ง or อำเภอ)

  1. area; district; locality; place; region; spot; territory.
  2. (Thailand)
    1. amphoe, or district: administrative subdivision of จังหวัด (jang-wàt, province), divided into กิ่งอำเภอ (minor districts) or ตำบล (dtam-bon, subdistricts), and governed by นายอำเภอ (naai-am-pəə).
    2. (colloquial) district office: building where the administration of a district is housed.
  3. similar administrative subdivision, as gun in Japan, canton in France, etc.

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