อิสระ

Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali issara (“chief; lord; master; etc”); ultimately from Sanskrit ईश्वर (īśvara, idem), from which Thai อิศวร (ì-sǔuan) is derived. Cognate with Lao ອິດສະລະ (ʼit sa la), Northern Thai ᩍᩔᩁ, Khmer ឥស្សរៈ (ʼəhsaʼraʼ). Doublet of อิศวร (ì-sǔuan) and อีศวร

Pronunciation

Orthographicอิสระ
ɒ i s r a
Phonemic
อิด-สะ-หฺระ
ɒ i ɗ – s a – h ̥ r a
RomanizationPaiboonìt-sà-rà
Royal Instituteit-sa-ra
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔit̚˨˩.sa˨˩.raʔ˨˩/(R)

Adjective

อิสระ • (ìt-sà-rà)

  1. autonomous; independent; self-governing; sovereign.
  2. free:
    1. not attached, subject, or subsidiary to anyone or anything.
    2. able to do anything at will.
    3. having personal liberty.
    4. not being restrained, detained, confined, controlled, etc.
  3. freelance.

Noun

อิสระ • (ìt-sà-rà)

  1. Abstract noun of the above adjective: freedom, liberty, independence, autonomy, etc.

Derived terms

  • กึ่งอิสระ
  • เป็นอิสระ
  • เป็นอิสระแก่กัน
  • อิสระภาพ
  • อิสระเสรี

Further reading

  • “อิสระ” 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.
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