ประหาร

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Thai

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रहार (prahāra, “beating; hitting; striking; etc”); possibly via Old Khmer prahāra (“assault, attack; to assault, to attack”). Cognate with Lao ປະຫານ (pa hān), Modern Khmer ប្រហារ (prɑhaa).

Pronunciation

Orthographicประหาร
p r a h ā r
Phonemic
ปฺระ-หาน
p ̥ r a – h ā n
RomanizationPaiboonbprà-hǎan
Royal Institutepra-han
(standard) IPA(key)/pra˨˩.haːn˩˩˦/(R)
Homophonesประหาณ

Noun

ประหาร • (bprà-hǎan)

  1. (archaic) beat, hit, strike; beating, hitting, striking.
  2. killing.
  3. (criminal law)
    1. death penalty; death sentence.
    2. execution: infliction of death penalty; carrying out of death setence.
  4. (elegant, figurative) destruction; elimination; eradication.

Verb

ประหาร • (bprà-hǎan) (abstract noun การประหาร)

  1. (archaic) to beat; to hit; to strike.
  2. to kill.
  3. (criminal law) to execute: to inflict the death penalty (upon); to carry out the death sentence (of, for, against).
  4. (elegant, figurative) to destroy; to eliminate; to eradicate.

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