From Sanskrit सुवर्ण (suvarṇa, “gold”, literally “fine colour”), from सु (su, “good, fine; easy; etc”) + वर्ण (varṇa, “colour”), equivalent to Thai สุ (sù) + วรรณ (wan). Cognate with Khmer សុវណ្ណ (sovan), Burmese သုဝဏ္ဏ (su.wanna.). Compare Pali suvaṇṇa, from which Thai สุวัณณ์ is derived.
Orthographic | สุวรรณ s u w r r ɳ | ||
Phonemic | สุ-วัน s u – w ạ n | สุ-วัน-นะ- s u – w ạ n – n a – | |
Romanization | Paiboon | sù-wan | sù-wan-ná- |
Royal Institute | su-wan | su-wan-na- | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /su˨˩.wan˧/(R) | /su˨˩.wan˧.na˦˥./ |
สุวรรณ • (sù-wan)