ขลาด

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Thai

Etymology

From Old Khmer ខ្លាច (khlāca, to quail, to shrink back, to cower; to be fearful, to be afraid; to fear, to be afraid of, to dread; for fear that; etc). Cognate with Khmer ខ្លាច (khlaac). Perhaps corrupted as Thai ขยาด (kà-yàat).

Pronunciation

Orthographicขลาด
kʰ l ā ɗ
Phonemic
ขฺลาด
kʰ ̥ l ā ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonklàat
Royal Institutekhlat
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰlaːt̚˨˩/(R)

Adjective

ขลาด (klàat) (abstract noun ความขลาด)

  1. coward; faint-hearted; poor-spirited; fearful; timid; timorous; tremulous.

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