From Sanskrit परदेश (paradeśa, “other country; foreign country; hostile country”, literally “other country”), from पर (para, “other”) + देश (deśa, “country; region; etc”), equivalent to Thai บร (bɔɔn, “different; other”) + เทศ (têet, “country; region; locality; etc”); perhaps via Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer or Angkorian Old Khmer paradeśa (“foreign land; foreigner; to be foreign, to be from another land”). Cognate with Modern Khmer បរទេស (bɑɑrĕəʼteih). Compare Pali paradesa; Old Khmer paradesa.
Orthographic | บรเทศ ɓ r e d ɕ | |
Phonemic | บอ-ระ-เทด ɓ ɒ – r a – e d ɗ | |
Romanization | Paiboon | bɔɔ-rá-têet |
Royal Institute | bo-ra-thet | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /bɔː˧.ra˦˥.tʰeːt̚˥˩/(R) |