มาตรา

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Noun

มาตรา (mātarā)

  1. Tai Tham script form of mātarā, which is instrumental/ablative singular of มาตรฺ (mātar, “mother”)

Thai

Etymology

From Old Khmer mātrā, māttrā, mātatrā, mādatra, mtrā (“dimension; measure; proportion; provision; etc”); ultimately from Sanskrit मात्रा (mātrā, “amount; degree”). Cognate with Khmer មាត្រា (miətraa).

Pronunciation

Orthographicมาตรา
m ā t r ā
Phonemic
มาด-ตฺรา
m ā ɗ – t ̥ r ā
RomanizationPaiboonmâat-dtraa
Royal Institutemat-tra
(standard) IPA(key)/maːt̚˥˩.traː˧/(R)

Noun

มาตรา • (mâat-dtraa)

  1. system (of units of seize, time, volume, etc).
    มาตราเมตริก
    mâat-dtraa méet-dtrìk
    Metric system
  2. (law) distinct portion or provision of a law: article, section, etc. Abbreviation: ม. (mɔɔ)
    มาตรา ๑๒๓ ของรัฐธรรมนูญ
    mâat-dtraa · nʉ̀ng-rɔ́ɔi yîi-sìp sǎam · kɔ̌ɔng rát-tà-tam-má-nuun
    Section 123 of the Constitution
    มาตรา ๒๐ ทวิ ของพระราชบัญญัติ
    mâat-dtraa · yîi sìp · tá-wí · kɔ̌ɔng prá-râat-chá-ban-yàt
    Section 20 bis of the Act
  3. (Thailand grammar) category assigned to a syllable based on its ending sound:
    1. the category กก (gòk) for a syllable ended by the sound , which is represented by the letter ก (gɔɔ), ข (kɔ̌ɔ), ฃ (kɔ̌ɔ), ค (kɔɔ), ฅ (kɔɔ), or ฆ (kɔɔ);
    2. the category กง (gong) for a syllable ended by the sound , which is represented by the letter ง (ngɔɔ);
    3. the category กด (gòt) for a syllable ended by the sound , which is represented by the letter จ (jɔɔ), ฉ (chɔ̌ɔ), ช (chɔɔ), ซ (sɔɔ), ฌ (chɔɔ), ฎ (dɔɔ), ฏ (dtɔɔ), ฐ (tɔ̌ɔ), ฑ (tɔɔ), ฒ (tɔɔ), ด (dɔɔ), ต (dtɔɔ), ถ (tɔ̌ɔ), ท (tɔɔ), ธ (tɔɔ), ศ (sɔ̌ɔ), ษ (sɔ̌ɔ), or ส (sɔ̌ɔ);
    4. the category กน (gon) for a syllable ended by the sound , which is represented by the letter ญ (yɔɔ), ณ (nɔɔ), น (nɔɔ), ร (rɔɔ), ล (lɔɔ), or ฬ (lɔɔ);
    5. the category กบ (gòp) for a syllable ended by the sound , which is represented by the letter บ (bɔɔ), ป (bpɔɔ), พ (pɔɔ), ฟ (fɔɔ), or ภ (pɔɔ);
    6. the category กม (gom) for a syllable ended by the sound , which is represented by the letter ม (mɔɔ);
    7. the category เกย (gəəi) for a syllable ended by the sound , which is represented by the letter ย (yɔɔ);
    8. the category เกอว (gəəo) for a syllable ended by the sound , which is represented by the letter ว (wɔɔ);
    9. the category ก กา (gɔɔ gaa) for an open syllable.

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