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