สถาปนา

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Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit स्थापना (sthāpanā, establishment; installation; etc); possibly via Old Khmer *sthāpanā, sṭhāpaṇā, sthāpanā, sthāpana, sthāpaṇā, sthapanā (to establish, found, install, or set up (a religious image or building)). Doublet of สถาบัน (sà-tǎa-ban).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicสถาปนา
s tʰ ā p n ā
Phonemic
สะ-ถา-ปะ-นา
s a – tʰ ā – p a – n ā
RomanizationPaiboonsà-tǎa-bpà-naa
Royal Institutesa-tha-pa-na
(standard) IPA(key)/sa˨˩.tʰaː˩˩˦.pa˨˩.naː˧/(R)

Verb

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สถาปนา (sà-tǎa-bpà-naa) (abstract noun การสถาปนา)

  1. (formal, elegant, used of an institution, organisation, or sacred thing) to create; to set up; to establish; to found; to install.
  2. (formal, elegant) to raise to a higher office, position, rank, etc.