มหาวิทยาลัย

Thai

Alternative forms

  • มหาวิชชาลัย

Etymology

From มหา (má-hǎa, great; high) + วิทยาลัย (wít-tá-yaa-lai, college, literally abode of knowledge); ultimately from Sanskrit महाविद्यालय (mahāvidyālaya, literally great house of knowledge), from महा (mahā, great; hight) + विद्यालय (vidyālaya, academy; school, literally house of knowledge). Cognate with Khmer មហាវិទ្យាល័យ (mĕəʾhaavɨttyiəlay); Lao ມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລ (ma hā wi tha nyā lai).

Pronunciation

Orthographicมหาวิทยาลัย
mhāwidyāly
Phonemicมะ-หา-วิด-ทะ-ยา-ไล
mahāwiɗdayāail
RomanizationPaiboonmá-hǎa-wít-tá-yaa-lai
Royal Institutema-ha-wit-tha-ya-lai
(standard) IPA(key)/ma˦˥.haː˩˩˦.wit̚˦˥.tʰa˦˥.jaː˧.laj˧/

Noun

มหาวิทยาลัย (má-hǎa-wít-tá-yaa-lai)

  1. (education) university.

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