From โทร (too-rá-, “far; remote”) + ทัศน์ (“view; vision”); phono-semantic matching from English and calque of English television; coined by Prince Narathip Phong Praphan (1891–1976), Royal Society president. Compare Lao ໂທລະທັດ (thō la that) and Hindi दूरदर्शन (dūrdarśan).
Orthographic | โทรทัศน์ o d r d ạ ɕ n ʻ | |
Phonemic | โท-ระ-ทัด o d – r a – d ạ ɗ | |
Romanization | Paiboon | too-rá-tát |
Royal Institute | tho-ra-that | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /tʰoː˧.ra˦˥.tʰat̚˦˥/(R) | |
Homophones | โทรทรรศน์ |
โทรทัศน์ • (too-rá-tát)