พฤฒสภา

Thai

Etymology

From พฤฒ (old) + สภา (sà-paa, assembly). Calque of English senate. Coined by Wan Waithayakon. First used in 1946; replaced by วุฒิสภา (wút-tí-sà-paa) in the following year.

Pronunciation

Orthographicพฤฒสภา
bɖʰsā
Phonemic
พฺรึด-ทะ-สะ-พา
b̥rɗdasabā
RomanizationPaiboonprʉ́t-tá-sà-paa
Royal Institutephruet-tha-sa-pha
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰrɯt̚˦˥.tʰa˦˥.sa˨˩.pʰaː˧/(R)

Noun

พฤฒสภา • (prʉ́t-tá-sà-paa)

  1. (obsolete) senate: legislative assembly.

Descendants

  • Khmer: ព្រឹទ្ធសភា (prɨtsaʼphiə)
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