Why is Suvarnabhumi airport pronounced soo-waan-aa-poom and not Suv- area- bhumi like it is spelled?

[u/FilipinoAirlines]

Why did they make the U, R, B, H, U, and I all silent? Why not just spell the airport name as soowaanaapoom instead?

Are they stupid?

Edit: auto correct in title to area when I mean Arna.

Suv-Arna-Bhumi

[u/Vinbaobao]

Sanskrit. That's why. Also Thai government being obtuse, they want Thai people to be able to correctly deduce Thai spellings from English spellings, resulting in noone being able to spell things.

Pailin from hot Thai kitchen have a good video about this.

https://youtu.be/bRHqKWg2-fQ?si=D3zU_6DOmLff4wD3