รถไฟ
Thai
Etymology
Compound of รถ (rót, “vehicle”) + ไฟ (fai, “fire”). Compare Lao ລົດໄຟ (lot fai), Lü ᦟᦷᧆᦝᦺ (lot faj).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | รถไฟ r tʰ ai v | |
| Phonemic | รด-ไฟ r ɗ – ai v | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | rót-fai |
| Royal Institute | rot-fai | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /rot̚˦˥.faj˧/ | |
Noun
รถไฟ • (rót-fai) (classifier ขบวน)
- (transport) train