Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
จังหวัด. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
จังหวัด, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
จังหวัด in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
จังหวัด you have here. The definition of the word
จังหวัด will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
จังหวัด, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Thai
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Khmer ចង្វាត៑ (caṅvāt), ចង្វាត្ត៑ (caṅvātt), ចង្វត៑ (caṅvat), ចង្វត្ត៑ (caṅvatt), ចំវត្ត៑ (caṃvatt), ចន្វត៑ (canvat, “bounded terrain; bounded territory; circumscription”), from ឆ្វាត៑ or ឆ្វត៑ (whence ฉวัด in Thai ฉวัดเฉวียน (chà-wàt-chà-wǐian) is from). Cognate with modern Khmer ចង្វាត (cɑngviət).
Pronunciation
Noun
จังหวัด • (jang-wàt) (classifier จังหวัด or แห่ง)
- (archaic) area; region; district; locality; territory.
- (Thailand)
- province: highest administrative division of Thailand, governed by ผู้ว่าราชการ (pûu-wâa-râat-chá-gaan), divided into อำเภอ (am-pəə, “districts”), กิ่งอำเภอ (“minor districts”), and ตำบล (dtam-bon, “subdistrict”), respectively.
- (judiciary) province: a type of area subject to the territorial jurisdiction of a ศาลจังหวัด (“provincial court”).
- similar administrative division, as department in France, prefecture in Japan, voivodeship in Poland, etc.
Derived terms
Descendants