วิทยาลัย

Thai

Etymology

From วิทย (“knowledge; science”) +‎ อาลัย (“abode, house, residence; place; source”); ultimately from Sanskrit विद्यालय (vidyālaya, “academy; school”), from विद्या (vidyā, “knowledge; science”) + आलय (ālaya, “house; place”). Cognate with Khmer វិទ្យាល័យ (vɨtyiəlɨy); Lao ວິທະຍາໄລ (wi tha nyā lai).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		วิทยาลัย w i d y ā l ạ y
Phonemic		วิด-ทะ-ยา-ไล w i ɗ – d a – y ā – ai l
Romanization	Paiboon	wít-tá-yaa-lai
	Royal Institute	wit-tha-ya-lai
(standard) IPA^(key)		/wit̚˦˥.tʰa˦˥.jaː˧.laj˧/

Noun

วิทยาลัย • (wít-tá-yaa-lai)

(education) college.

Synonyms

(dated) วิชชาลัย