รถไฟ

Thai

Etymology

From รถ (rót, “wheeled vehicle”) +‎ ไฟ (fai, “fire”). Compare Chinese 火車／火车 (huǒchē).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		รถไฟ r tʰ ai v
Phonemic		รด-ไฟ r ɗ – ai v
Romanization	Paiboon	rót-fai
Romanization	Royal Institute	rot-fai
(standard) IPA^(key)		/rot̚˦˥.faj˧/^(R)

Noun

รถไฟ • (rót-fai)

(rail transport) (classifier: คัน or ตู้ for separate sections, as cars, carriages, coaches, etc; ขบวน for lines or processions) train: connected group of rolling stock.

Descendants

→ Southern Thai: หรดไฟ
→ Lao: ລົດໄຟ (lot fai)
→ Lü: ᦟᦷᧆᦝᦺ (lodfay)
→ Khmer: រថភ្លើង (rŭətphləəng), រទេះភ្លើង (rɔteh phləəng) (calque) (calque)