กรุงเทพฯ
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Thai
Etymology
From กรุง (grung, “city”) + เทพ (têep, “god”); shortened from กรุงเทพมหานคร (grung-têep-má-hǎa-ná-kɔɔn, literally “celestial city”). The last symbol ฯ is an abbreviation indicator.
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | กรุงเทพฯ k r u ŋ e d b ǂ | |
| Phonemic | กฺรุง-เทบ k ̥ r u ŋ – e d ɓ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | grung-têep |
| Royal Institute | krung-thep | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /kruŋ˧.tʰeːp̚˥˩/(R) | |
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Proper noun
กรุงเทพฯ • (grung-têep)
- (colloquial, endonym) Bangkok (the capital of Thailand)
Usage notes
กรุงเทพฯ only means the capital of Thailand, while กรุงเทพ (without ฯ) is used in other proper names such as schools or universities.
Synonyms
Descendants
- → English: Krung Thep
- → Lao: ກຸງເທບ (kung thēp)
- → Lü: ᦂᦳᧂᦒᦲᧇ (k̇ungthiib)