กากบาท

Thai

Etymology

กาก (gàak, “crow”) +‎ บาท (bàat, “foot”); compare with Lao ກາກະບາດ (kā ka bāt).

Pronunciation

Orthographicกากบาท
k ā k ɓ ā d
Phonemic
กา-กะ-บาด
k ā – k a – ɓ ā ɗ
RomanizationPaiboongaa-gà-bàat
Royal Instituteka-ka-bat
(standard) IPA(key)/kaː˧.ka˨˩.baːt̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

กากบาท • (gaa-gà-bàat)

  1. cross symbol; plus symbol
  2. (dated) Thai fourth tone mark

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “กากบาท” 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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