ชมพูทวีป

Thai

pron
Definitions
  • (literary) Jambudvīpa: one of the islands surrounding the mythological mountain Meru, believed to be the region where the present-day countries of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan are situated.
  • (figurative) India.
  • (figurative) Asia, especially South Asia.

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जम्बुद्वीप (island of rose apples) com from Thai ชมพู (Syzygium cumini Skeels, plant, of the family Myrtaceae) + Thai ทวีป (continent).

Origin

Thai

ทวีป

Gloss

continent

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