ทวีป

Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit द्वीप (dvīpa, continent; island). Compare Khmer ទ្វីប (tviip); Lao ທະວີບ (tha wīp); Old Javanese dwīpa; Pali dīpa.

Pronunciation

Orthographicทวีป
d w ī p
Phonemic
ทะ-วีบ
d a – w ī ɓ
RomanizationPaiboontá-wîip
Royal Institutetha-wip
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰa˦˥.wiːp̚˥˩/(R)

Noun

ทวีป • (tá-wîip)

  1. continent.
  2. (archaic)
    1. isle; island.
    2. land; region; realm; territory.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ทวีป” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.