กระทรวง

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Thai[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Khmer ក្រសួង (krɑsuəng); Lao ກະຊວງ (ka sūang).

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicกระทรวง
k r a d r w ŋ
Phonemic
กฺระ-ซวง
k ̥ r a – z w ŋ
RomanizationPaiboongrà-suuang
Royal Institutekra-suang
(standard) IPA(key)/kra˨˩.sua̯ŋ˧/(R)

Noun[edit]

กระทรวง (grà-suuang) (classifier กระทรวง or แห่ง)

  1. (archaic) category; group; kind; sort; type.
  2. (archaic) course; pattern; procedure; process; way.
  3. (government) department; ministry.

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