Thai

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Etymology

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From ปฏิ (bpà-dtì, against) +‎ ชีวนะ (biotic); calque of English antibiotic. Cognate with Burmese ပဋိဇီဝဆေး (pa.ti.jiwa.hce:).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicปฏิชีวนะ
p ʈ i d͡ʑ ī w n a
Phonemic
ปะ-ติ-ชี-วะ-นะ
p a – t i – d͡ʑ ī – w a – n a
RomanizationPaiboonbpà-dtì-chii-wá-ná
Royal Institutepa-ti-chi-wa-na
(standard) IPA(key)/pa˨˩.ti˨˩.t͡ɕʰiː˧.wa˦˥.naʔ˦˥/(R)

Noun

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ปฏิชีวนะ (bpà-dtì-chii-wá-ná)

  1. antibiotic.