วุฒิสภา

Thai

Etymology

From วุฒิ (senior; old) + สภา (sà-paa, assembly). Calque of English senate. Coined by Wan Waithayakon. First used in 1947, replacing พฤฒสภา (prʉ́t-tá-sà-paa).

Pronunciation

Orthographicวุฒิสภา
wuɖʰisā
Phonemic
วุด-ทิ-สะ-พา
wuɗdisabā
RomanizationPaiboonwút-tí-sà-paa
Royal Institutewut-thi-sa-pha
(standard) IPA(key)/wut̚˦˥.tʰi˦˥.sa˨˩.pʰaː˧/(R)

Noun

วุฒิสภา • (wút-tí-sà-paa)

  1. senate: legislative assembly.
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