กาฬสินธุ์

Thai

The seal of the province depicting a black river

Etymology

From Pali kāḷasindhu (literally “black river”), from kāḷa (“black; sable”) + sindhu (“river; stream; sea; etc”); equivalent to Thai กาฬ (gaan) +‎ สินธุ์ (sǐn); believed to be named after the river น้ำก่ำ (náam-gàm, literally “dark river”), now in the nearby Sakon Nakhon Province.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		กาฬสินธุ์ k ā ɭ s i n dʰ u ʻ
Phonemic		กา-ละ-สิน k ā – l a – s i n
Romanization	Paiboon	gaa-lá-sǐn
	Royal Institute	ka-la-sin
(standard) IPA(key)		/kaː˧.la˦˥.sin˩˩˦/(R)

Proper noun

กาฬสินธุ์ • (gaa-lá-sǐn)

1. (เมือง~) Kalasin (a city in Thailand)
2. (จังหวัด~) Kalasin (a province of Thailand)

   Synonym: (initialism) กส (gɔɔ-sɔ̌ɔ)

3. (อำเภอเมือง~) Mueang Kalasin (the capital city of Kalasin province, Thailand)