ธรรมนูญ

Thai

Alternative forms

^†ทำนูน

Etymology

From Sanskrit धर्म (dharma, “law, regulation, rule; precept; justice; morality; etc”) + Pali anuñña (“consent; permission; sanction”). Cognate with Khmer ធម្មនួញ (thɔɔmmɔɔnuəñ), ធម្មនុញ្ញ (thŏəmmĕəʾnuñ); Lao ທຳມະນູນ (tham ma nūn).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ธรรมนูญ dʰ r r m n ū ɲ
Phonemic		ทำ-มะ-นูน d å – m a – n ū n	[archaic] ทำ-นูน d å – n ū n
Romanization	Paiboon	tam-má-nuun	tam-nuun
	Royal Institute	tham-ma-nun	tham-nun
(standard) IPA^(key)		/tʰam˧.ma˦˥.nuːn˧/	/tʰam˧.nuːn˧/

Usage notes

Formerly pronounced ทำ-นูน (tam-nuun), based on the archaic form ทำนูน.

Noun

ธรรมนูญ • (tam-má-nuun)

(law) (พระ~) law defining the formal organisation of a corporate body: charter, constitution, etc.
- ธรรมนูญกรุงโรมว่าด้วยศาลอาญาระหว่างประเทศ
  tam-má-nuun grung room wâa-dûai sǎan-aa-yaa-rá-wàang-bprà-têet
  Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- ธรรมนูญศาลยุติธรรมระหว่างประเทศ
  tam-má-nuun sǎan-yút-dtì-tam-rá-wàang-bprà-têet
  Statute of the International Court of Justice
(law) (พระ~) judge advocate.

Derived terms

รัฐธรรมนูญ (rát-tà-tam-má-nuun)