สุขาภิบาล

Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

From สุข (sùk, “health; welfare; well-being; etc”) +‎ อภิบาล (à-pí-baan, “to administer, to govern; to guard, to protect; etc”); perhaps calque of English sanitary authority. Cognate with Khmer សុខាភិបាល (sokhaaphibaal), Lao ສຸຂາພິບານ (su khā phi bān).

Pronunciation

Orthographicสุขาภิบาล
s u kʰ ā bʰ i ɓ ā l
Phonemicสุ-ขา-พิ-บาน
s u – kʰ ā – b i – ɓ ā n		สุก-ขา-พิ-บาน
s u k – kʰ ā – b i – ɓ ā n
RomanizationPaiboonsù-kǎa-pí-baansùk-kǎa-pí-baan
Royal Institutesu-kha-phi-bansuk-kha-phi-ban
(standard) IPA(key)/su˨˩.kʰaː˩˩˦.pʰi˦˥.baːn˧//suk̚˨˩.kʰaː˩˩˦.pʰi˦˥.baːn˧/

Noun

สุขาภิบาล • (sù-kǎa-pí-baan)

  1. sanitary authority.
  2. (government, historical) sukhaphiban: a type of local government in Siam (later Thailand), inferior to เทศบาล (têet-sà-baan), led by the chief of a district.

Proper noun

สุขาภิบาล • (sù-kǎa-pí-baan)

  1. (government, historical) a government agency of Siam in charge of sanitation, established in 2440 BE (1897/98 CE)

Derived terms

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