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 ฯ is an abbreviation indicator.
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | กรุงเทพฯ k r u ŋ e d b ǂ | |
| Phonemic | กฺรุง-เทบ k ̥ r u ŋ – e d ɓ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | grung-têep |
| Royal Institute | krung-thep | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /kruŋ˧.tʰeːp̚˥˩/ | |
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Proper noun
กรุงเทพฯ • (grung-têep)
- Bangkok (capital of Thailand)
Usage notes
กรุงเทพฯ only means the capital of Thailand, while กรุงเทพ (without ฯ) is used in other proper names such as schools or universities.
Synonyms
Synonyms
- กรุงเทพ (grung-têep)
- บางกอก (baang-gɔ̀ɔk)
Descendants
- → English: Krung Thep
- → Lao: ກຸງເທບ (kung thēp)
- → Lü: ᦂᦳᧂᦒᦲᧇ (k̇ungthiib)