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อมาตยาธิปไตย aL maatL dtaL yaaM thipH bpaL dtaiM (24.) |
pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | อะ-หฺมาด-ตะ-ยา-ทิบ-ปะ-ไต |
IPA | ʔà màːt tà jaː tʰíp pà taj |
Royal Thai General System | amattayathippatai |
pronunciation note | 24. The pronunciation of this word illustrates reduplication, where a single written consonant serves as the final consonant of a syllable and is then pronounced again as the initial consonant of the following syllable. | ||
[noun] | |||
definition | government by bureaucrats; bureaucratic polity | ||
categories | |||
synonym | อำมาตยาธิปไตย | amM maaM dtaL yaaM thipH bpaL dtaiM | government by bureaucracy; government by civil servants; bureaucratic polity |
sample sentence | ระบอบอมาตยาธิปไตย คือการเมืองไทยอยู่ภายใต้ระบบข้าราชการเป็นใหญ่ raH baawpL aL maatL dtaL yaaM thipH bpaL dtaiM kheuuM gaanM meuuangM thaiM yuuL phaaiM dtaaiF raH bohpL khaaF raatF chaH gaanM bpenM yaiL "The political system called “government by bureaucrats” is a Thai system which is largely controlled by the permanent bureaucracy." | ||
special note |
This word contains an initial consonant cluster which follows the general clustered consonant tone rule. This
is the common case for clusters in which:
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