โทรศัพท์
Thai
Etymology
From โทร (too-rá-, “far; remote”) + ศัพท์ (sàp, “term, word; sound; etc”); ultimately from Sanskrit दूर (dūra) + शब्द (śabda); calque of English telephone.
Pronunciation
Orthographic | โทรศัพท์ o d r ɕ ạ b d ʻ | |
Phonemic | โท-ระ-สับ o d – r a – s ạ ɓ | |
Romanization | Paiboon | too-rá-sàp |
Royal Institute | tho-ra-sap | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /tʰoː˧.ra˦˥.sap̚˨˩/(R) |
Noun
โทรศัพท์ • (too-rá-sàp)
Verb
โทรศัพท์ • (too-rá-sàp) (abstract noun การโทรศัพท์)
- to make a telephone call; to call or contact through telephone; to talk or converse through telephone.
Usage notes
- The abbreviated form โทร. (too) is used to indicate a telephone number, equivalent to Tel. in English.
- The verb is colloquially shortened as โทร (too) or โทรฯ (too).