Where does “หาดใหญ่” come from?

หาดใหญ่ (Thai) comes from Thai หาด, from Proto-Tai haːtᴰ — beach; sand bar.

หาดใหญ่ (Thai): Hat Yai, a district of the province of สงขลา

Definitions

  1. Hat Yai, a district of the province of สงขลา

Ancestry of “หาดใหญ่”, step by step

หาดใหญ่ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai หาด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหาดbeach
2Proto-Taihaːtᴰbeach; sand bar

via Thai ใหญ่

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiใหญ่big; very big; large; great; important; main; to...
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