ภูเก็ต

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Thai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Semi-learned borrowing from Malay bukit (mountain; hill), from Proto-Malayic *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukij, from Proto-Austronesian *bukij.

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicภูเก็ต
bʰ ū e k ˘ t
Phonemic
พู-เก็ด
b ū – e k ˘ ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonpuu-gèt
Royal Institutephu-ket
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰuː˧.ket̚˨˩/(R)
Audio

Proper noun[edit]

ภูเก็ต (puu-gèt)

  1. (จังหวัด~) Phuket (a province in southern Thailand).
  2. Phuket (an island coterminous with the province Thailand).
  3. Phuket (a city, the provincial capital of Phuket province, Thailand)

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