สุโขทัย
Thai
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- ศุกโขไท
- ศุกโขไทย
- ศุโขไท
- ศุโขไทย
- ษุกโขไท
- สุกโขใทย
- สุกโขไทย
- สุโขทย
Etymology
- Generally thought to be from สุข (sùk, “happiness”) + อุทัย (ù-tai, “emergence; rise”), literally “rise of happiness”.
- Prince Suphawat Kasemsi (ศุภวัฒย์ เกษมศรี) suggested that it might be from Old Thai ศุก (sùk, “city; town”) + โข (kǒo, “great; large”) + ไท (tai, “Thai”), literally “great town of the Thais”.[1]
- Chulalongkorn University lecturer Klairung Amaradit (ใกล้รุ่ง อามระดิษ) suggested that the first syllable, ศุก (sùk), might be from Old Khmer sruk, sruka, srukk, srūk, śruk (“community; village; seat of administration; etc”), corresponding to Modern Khmer ស្រុក (srok).[1]
- Compare Modern Khmer សុខោទ័យ (sokhaotɨy); Modern Lao ສຸໂຂໄທ (su khō thai).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | สุโขทัย s u o kʰ d ạ y | ||
| Phonemic | สุ-โข-ไท s u – o kʰ – ai d | สุก-โข-ไท s u k – o kʰ – ai d | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | sù-kǒo-tai | sùk-kǒo-tai |
| Royal Institute | su-kho-thai | suk-kho-thai | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /su˨˩.kʰoː˩˩˦.tʰaj˧/(R) | /suk̚˨˩.kʰoː˩˩˦.tʰaj˧/(R) | |
Usage notes
- Formerly pronounced สุก-โข-ไท (sùk-kǒo-tai), based on the archaic spellings ศุกโขไท, ศุกโขไทย, ษุกโขไท, สุกโขใทย, สุกโขไทย, etc.
Proper noun
สุโขทัย • (sù-kǒo-tai)
- (historical) Sukhothai, an ancient kingdom in present-day Northern Thailand.
- (จังหวัด~) Sukhothai, a town in Northern Thailand, once a capital of the Sukhothai kingdom, now a province of Thailand.
Descendants
- → Burmese: သုခေါဒယ (su.hkau:da.ya.)
- → Burmese: သောက္ကတဲ (saukka.tai:)
References
- ราชบัณฑิตยสถาน. (๒๕๕๓). กฎหมายตราสามดวง: พระทำนูน. กรุงเทพฯ: ราชบัณฑิตยสถาน. →ISBN. หน้า ๑๑๗.