/pʰrɯt̚˦˥.tʰa˦˥.sa˨˩.pʰaː˧/TAYCA → TR
Etimoloji
Calque of English senate. Compound of พฤฒ (prʉ́t, “senior; old”) + สภา (sà-paa, “council; assembly”). Coined by Wan Waithayakon. First used in 1946; replaced by the term วุฒิสภา (wút-tí-sà-paa) in the following year.