ประวัติศาสตร์

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Thai

Etymology

From ประวัติ (bprà-wàt, story; event; happening) +‎ ศาสตร์ (sàat, science); controversially believed to have been coined by King Rama VI (1880–1925 CE) to replace the term พงศาวดาร (pong-sǎa-wá-daan); also believed to have been coined by Prince Dhani Nivat (1885–1974 CE), as the term is first attested in his work published in 2460 BE (1917/18 CE).

Pronunciation

Orthographicประวัติศาสตร์
p r a w ạ t i ɕ ā s t r ʻ
Phonemic
ปฺระ-หฺวัด-ติ-สาด
p ̥ r a – h ̥ w ạ ɗ – t i – s ā ɗ
ปฺระ-หฺวัด-สาด
p ̥ r a – h ̥ w ạ ɗ – s ā ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonbprà-wàt-dtì-sàatbprà-wàt-sàat
Royal Institutepra-wat-ti-satpra-wat-sat
(standard) IPA(key)/pra˨˩.wat̚˨˩.ti˨˩.saːt̚˨˩/(R)/pra˨˩.wat̚˨˩.saːt̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

ประวัติศาสตร์ (bprà-wàt-dtì-sàat)

  1. history: study of past events; aggregate of past events.