โทรทัศน์

Thai

Etymology

From โทร (too-rá-, “far; remote”) +‎ ทัศน์ (tát, “view; vision”); phono-semantic matching from English and calque of English television; coined by Prince Narathip Phong Praphan (1891–1976), Royal Society president. Compare Lao ໂທລະທັດ (thō la that) and Hindi दूरदर्शन (dūrdarśan), and see the Hindi for more on the components.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		โทรทัศน์ o d r d ạ ɕ n ʻ
Phonemic		โท-ระ-ทัด o d – r a – d ạ ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	too-rá-tát
	Royal Institute	tho-ra-that
(standard) IPA(key)		/tʰoː˧.ra˦˥.tʰat̚˦˥/(R)
Homophones edit		โทรทรรศน์

Noun

โทรทัศน์ • (too-rá-tát)

1. television

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with โทรทรรศน์ (too-rá-tát, “telescope”).

Synonyms

• ทีวี (tii-wii)

Derived terms

• ช่องโทรทัศน์ (chɔ̂ng-too-rá-tát)

Further reading

• “โทรทัศน์” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.