สุวรรณภูมิ

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सुवर्णभूमि (suvarṇabhūmi, literally “golden land; land of gold”), from सुवर्ण (suvarṇa, “gold”) + भूमि (bhūmi, “land”), equivalent to Thai สุวรรณ (sù-wan, “gold”) +‎ ภูมิ (puum, “land”). Compare Pali suvaṇṇabhūmi. Cognate with Khmer សុវណ្ណភូមិ (sownnɑɑphuumiʼ).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		สุวรรณภูมิ s u w r r ɳ bʰ ū m i
Phonemic		สุ-วัน-นะ-พูม s u – w ạ n – n a – b ū m
Romanization	Paiboon	sù-wan-ná-puum
	Royal Institute	su-wan-na-phum
(standard) IPA^(key)		/su˨˩.wan˧.na˦˥.pʰuːm˧/^(R)

Proper noun

สุวรรณภูมิ • (sù-wan-ná-puum)

Suvarnabhumi
(colloquial) Clipping of ท่าอากาศยานสุวรรณภูมิ (tâa-aa-gàat-sà-yaan-sù-wan-ná-puum, “Suvarnabhumi Airport”).