ศตวรรษ

Thai

Alternative forms

ศตพรรษ

Etymology

From Sanskrit शत (śata, “hundred”) + वर्ष (varṣa, “year”); literally "hundred years". Same as ศต (sòt) +‎ วรรษ (wát). Compare Lao ສັດຕະວັດ (sat ta wat), Khmer សតវត្ស (saʾtaʾ vŏət).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ศตวรรษ ɕ t w r r ʂ
Phonemic		สะ-ตะ-วัด s a – t a – w ạ ɗ	สัด-ตะ-วัด s ạ ɗ – t a – w ạ ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	sà-dtà-wát	sàt-dtà-wát
	Royal Institute	sa-ta-wat	sat-ta-wat
(standard) IPA^(key)		/sa˨˩.ta˨˩.wat̚˦˥/	/sat̚˨˩.ta˨˩.wat̚˦˥/

Noun

ศตวรรษ • (sà-dtà-wát)

a century (a period of one hundred years).

Related terms

ทศวรรษ (tót-sà-wát, “decade”)
สหัสวรรษ (sà-hàt-sà-wát, “millennium”)