สุขา

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

สุขา

  1. Thai script form of sukhā, which is inflection of สุข:
    1. ablative singular masculine/neuter
    2. nominative/vocative plural masculine (sukha, agreeable)
  2. Thai script form of sukhā, which is inflection of สุขะ:
    1. ablative singular masculine/neuter
    2. nominative/vocative plural masculine (sukha, agreeable)

Noun

สุขา

  1. Thai script form of sukhā, which is ablative singular of สุข (sukha, happiness)
  2. Thai script form of sukhā, which is ablative singular of สุขะ (sukha, happiness)

Thai

Etymology 1

From clipping of สุขาภิบาล (sù-kǎa-pí-baan), the name of a now-defunct government agency in charge of sanitation, established in 2440 BE (1897/98 CE).

Pronunciation

Orthographicสุขา
s u kʰ ā
Phonemic
สุ-ขา
s u – kʰ ā
RomanizationPaiboonsù-kǎa
Royal Institutesu-kha
(standard) IPA(key)/su˨˩.kʰaː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

สุขา • (sù-kǎa)

  1. (polite and informal) public toilet

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Orthographicสุขา
s u kʰ ā
Phonemic
สุก-ขา
s u k – kʰ ā
สุ-ขา
s u – kʰ ā
RomanizationPaiboonsùk-kǎasù-kǎa
Royal Institutesuk-khasu-kha
(standard) IPA(key)/suk̚˨˩.kʰaː˩˩˦/(R)/su˨˩.kʰaː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

สุขา • (sùk-kǎa)

  1. (literary, poetic) alternative form of สุข (sùk)

Further reading

  • สุขา” 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.