โทรทัศน์

Thai

Etymology

From โทร (too-rá-, “far; remote”) +‎ ทัศน์ (“view; vision”); phono-semantic matching of 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).

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)

television.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

ทีวี (tii-wii)

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