สุภา

Thai

Etymology

From Old Khmer subhā, sūbhā (“court; court of justice; member of a court: justice, judge; etc”); ultimately from Pali sabhā (“assembly; congregation; convention; etc”) or Sanskrit सभा (sabhā, “assembly; meeting”), from which Thai สภา (sà-paa) was derived. Cognate with Modern Khmer សភា (saʾphiə).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		สุภา s u bʰ ā
Phonemic		สุ-พา s u – b ā
Romanization	Paiboon	sù-paa
	Royal Institute	su-pha
(standard) IPA^(key)		/su˨˩.pʰaː˧/

Noun

สุภา • (sù-paa)

court; tribunal.
judicial officer: judge, justice, etc.

Synonyms

court; tribunal — see ศาล (sǎan)

judicial officer — see ผู้พิพากษา (pûu-pí-pâak-sǎa)