ฆาต

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Thai

Alternative forms

(obsolete) ฆาฏ (kâat)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali ghāta (“destruction; killing; slaughter”) or Sanskrit घात (ghāta, “injuring; hurting; killing”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ฆาต gʰ ā t
Phonemic		คาด g ā ɗ	คาด-ตะ- g ā ɗ – t a –
Romanization	Paiboon	kâat	kâat-dtà-
	Royal Institute	khat	khat-ta-
(standard) IPA^(key)		/kʰaːt̚˥˩/^(R)	/kʰaːt̚˥˩.ta˨˩./
Homophones edit		คาด คาธ คาส

Noun

ฆาต • (kâat)

(elegant, literary, poetic) destruction
(elegant, literary, poetic) hitting; striking
(elegant, literary, poetic) killing

Derived terms

การุณยฆาต (gaa-run-yá-kâat, “mercy killing”)
ฆาตกร (kâat-dtà-gɔɔn, “murderer”)
ฆาตกรรม (kâat-dtà-gam, “murder”)
ชีวฆาต (“biocide”)
ถึงฆาต (“to reach the time of one's death”)
ทัณฑฆาต (tan-tá-kâat, a diacritical mark)
บิตุฆาต (“patricide”)
ปรานีฆาต (bpraa-nii-kâat, “mercy killing”)
ปิตุฆาต (bpì-dtù-kâat, “patricide”)
ปุตตฆาต (“filicide”)
พันธุฆาต (“genocide”)
ภริยาฆาต (“uxoricide”)
มาตุฆาต (maa-dtù-kâat, “matricide”)
มุตฆาต (“hematuria”)
รุกฆาต (“checkmate”)
อรหันตฆาต (“murder of a saint”)

Verb

ฆาต • (kâat) (abstract noun การฆาต)

(elegant, literary, poetic) to destroy
(elegant, literary, poetic) to hit; to strike
(elegant, literary, poetic) to kill

Related terms

พิฆาต (pí-kâat)
อาฆาต (aa-kâat)

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