แดนสนธยา

Thai

Etymology

From แดน (dɛɛn, “land”) +‎ สนธยา (sǒn-tá-yaa, “twilight”); literally "twilight land"; possibly calque of English twilight zone.

Pronunciation
Orthographicแดนสนธยา
æ ɗ n s n dʰ y ā
Phonemic
แดน-สน-ทะ-ยา
æ ɗ n – s n – d a – y ā
RomanizationPaiboondɛɛn-sǒn-tá-yaa
Royal Institutedaen-son-tha-ya
(standard) IPA(key)/dɛːn˧.son˩˩˦.tʰa˦˥.jaː˧/(R)

Noun

แดนสนธยา • (dɛɛn-sǒn-tá-yaa)

  1. (figurative) area just beyond ordinary legal and ethical limits; area of ambiguity between two states or conditions, as between good and evil; area beset by mysteries.
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