เพชรบูรณ์

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Thai

the seal of the province depicting a diamond above a tobacco farm

Etymology

From เพชร (pét, diamond) +‎ บูรณ์ (full; perfect; complete), literally "full (of) diamonds"; believed to be a corruption of the ancient name mentioned in inscriptions, เพชรบุระ (pét-chá-bù-rá), from เพชร (pét, diamond) +‎ บุระ (city), literally "diamond city" or "city of diamond(s)".[1]

Pronunciation

Orthographicเพชรบูรณ์
e b d͡ʑ r ɓ ū r ɳ ʻ
Phonemic
{Short}
เพ็ด-ชะ-บูน
e b ˘ ɗ – d͡ʑ a – ɓ ū n
RomanizationPaiboonpét-chá-buun
Royal Institutephet-cha-bun
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰet̚˦˥.t͡ɕʰa˦˥.buːn˧/(R)

Proper noun

เพชรบูรณ์ (pét-chá-buun)

  1. (จังหวัด~) Phetchabun (a province of Thailand)
  2. (อำเภอเมือง~) Mueang Phetchabun (a district of Phetchabun province)

Usage notes

References

  1. ^ ธวัชชัย ชั้นไพศาลศิลป์ (n.d.) “ประวัติเมืองเพชรบูรณ์”, in สำนักงานจังหวัดเพชรบูรณ์ (in Thai), เพชรบูรณ์: สำนักงานจังหวัดเพชรบูรณ์, archived from the original on 7 November 2015