กรุงเทพฯ

Thai

Etymology

From กรุง (grung, city) + เทพ (têep, god); shortened from กรุงเทพมหานคร (grung-têep-má-hǎa-ná-kɔɔn, literally celestial city). The last symbol is an abbreviation indicator.

Pronunciation

Orthographicกรุงเทพฯ
kruŋedbǂ
Phonemicกฺรุง-เทบ
k̥ruŋedɓ
RomanizationPaiboongrung-têep
Royal Institutekrung-thep
(standard) IPA(key)/kruŋ˧.tʰeːp̚˥˩/
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Proper noun

กรุงเทพฯ (grung-têep)

  1. Bangkok (capital of Thailand)

Usage notes

กรุงเทพฯ only means the capital of Thailand, while กรุงเทพ (without ) is used in other proper names such as schools or universities.

Synonyms

Synonyms

Descendants

  • English: Krung Thep
  • Lao: ກຸງເທບ (kung thēp)
  • Lü: ᦂᦳᧂᦒᦲᧇ (k̇ungthiib)
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