อุปถัมภ์

Thai

Etymology

From Pali upatthambha (“support, prop; relief, ease; encouragement”), from Sanskrit उपस्तम्भ (upastambha, “stay, support, strengthening; encouragement, incitement; base, basis, ground, occasion; etc.”); equivalent to อุป (ùp) +‎ ถัมภ์. Cognate with Khmer ឧបត្ថម្ភ (’ŏbâtthâmphô), Lao ອຸບປະຖັມ (’up pa tham).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		อุปถัมภ์ ɒ u p tʰ ạ m bʰ ʻ
Phonemic		อุ-ปะ-ถำ ɒ u – p a – tʰ å	อุบ-ปะ-ถำ ɒ u ɓ – p a – tʰ å
Romanization	Paiboon	ù-bpà-tǎm	ùp-bpà-tǎm
	Royal Institute	u-pa-tham	up-pa-tham
(standard) IPA^(key)		/ʔu˨˩.pa˨˩.tʰam˩˩˦/	/ʔup̚˨˩.pa˨˩.tʰam˩˩˦/

Noun

อุปถัมภ์ • (ù-bpà-tǎm)

support; assistance; help; patronage.

Related terms

อุปถัมภก

Verb

อุปถัมภ์ • (ù-bpà-tǎm) (abstract noun การอุปถัมภ์)

to support; to assist; to help; to patronise.