พิฆาต
Thai
Alternative forms
- พิฆาฏ — archaic, obsolete or dated
- วิฆาต
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Khmer ពិឃាដ្ឋ (bighāṭṭha, “to kill; killing”); ultimately from Sanskrit विघात (vighāta, “destruction; obstruction; removal; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ពិឃាដ (pikhiət).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | พิฆาต b i gʰ ā t | |
|---|---|---|
| Phonemic | พิ-คาด b i – g ā ɗ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | pí-kâat |
| Royal Institute | phi-khat | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /pʰi˦˥.kʰaːt̚˥˩/(R) | |
Verb
พิฆาต • (pí-kâat) (abstract noun การพิฆาต)
Derived terms
- เรือพิฆาต
See also
- ฆาต (kâat)
Further reading
- “พิฆาต” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.