กะลาธิปไตย

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Thai

Etymology

From กะลา (gà-laa, “coconut shell”) +‎ อธิปไตย (à-tí-bpà-tai, “supremacy; sovereignty; etc.”); literally "coconut shell sovereignty".

The term is intended to mock the term ประชาธิปไตย (bprà-chaa-tí-bpà-dtai, “democracy”).

"Coconut shell" is based on the idiom กบในกะลา (gòp-nai-gà-laa, “someone who cannot or refuses to see the big picture because of being sheltered or close-minded”, literally “a frog under a coconut shell”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicกะลาธิปไตย
k a l ā dʰ i p ai t y
Phonemic
กะ-ลา-ทิ-ปะ-ไต
k a – l ā – d i – p a – ai t
RomanizationPaiboongà-laa-tí-bpà-dtai
Royal Instituteka-la-thi-pa-tai
(standard) IPA(key)/ka˨˩.laː˧.tʰi˦˥.pa˨˩.taj˧/(R)

Proper noun

กะลาธิปไตย • (gà-laa-tí-bpà-dtai)

  1. (Internet slang, sarcastic, slang, humorous, vulgar) the administrative regime of Thailand, characterised by militarism, self-centeredness, ultraconservatism, ultranationalism, and ultraroyalism.
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