อนามัย

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Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographicอนามัย
ɒ n ā m ạ y
Phonemic
อะ-นา-ไม
ɒ a – n ā – ai m
RomanizationPaiboonà-naa-mai
Royal Institutea-na-mai
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔa˨˩.naː˧.maj˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Pali anāmaya, from Sanskrit अनामय (anāmaya). Cognate with Khmer អនាម័យ (ʼaʼnaamay), Lao ອະນາໄມ (ʼa nā mai).

Noun

อนามัย (à-naa-mai)

  1. health; sanitation; hygiene.

Adjective

อนามัย (à-naa-mai) (abstract noun ความอนามัย)

  1. healthy; sanitary; hygienic.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From clipping of สถานีอนามัย, from สถานี (sà-tǎa-nii, station) +‎ อนามัย (à-naa-mai, health).

Noun

อนามัย (à-naa-mai) (classifier แห่ง)

  1. (colloquial) local infirmary; district health centre.