Where does “รัฐสภา” come from?
รัฐสภา (Thai) comes from Thai สภา, from Kham subhā, from Pali sabhā, from Sanskrit सभा, from Sanskrit -एय — forms adjectives from nouns, often with patronymic/matronymic value.
รัฐสภา (Thai): national legislature: parliament, diet, congress,...
Definitions
- national legislature: parliament, diet, congress,...
Ancestry of “รัฐสภา”, step by step
รัฐสภา traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai สภา
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | สภา | assembly; conference; convention; council;... |
| 2 | Kham | subhā | — |
| 3 | Pali | sabhā | assembly; congregation; convention; etc |
| 4 | Sanskrit | सभा | an assembly, congregation, meeting, council,... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | -एय | forms adjectives from nouns, often with patronymic/matronymic value |
via Thai รัฐ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | รัฐ | state |
| 2 | Pali | raṭṭha | country, reign, kingdom |
| 3 | Sanskrit | राष्ट्र | a kingdom, realm, empire, dominion, district, country |
| 4 | Sanskrit | धृतराष्ट्र | King of Hastinapura, husband of Gandhari, and the father of the Kauravas |