พิการ

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Thai

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Etymology

From Pali vikāra (change; distortion), from vi (different; in a different way; etc) + kāra (case; matter; affair; etc); ultimately from Sanskrit विकार (vikāra, idem), from वि (vi, idem) + कार (kāra, idem); equivalent to Thai พิ () +‎ การ (gaan). Cognate with Khmer ពិការ (pikaa), Lao ພິການ (phi kān).

Pronunciation

Orthographicพิการ
b i k ā r
Phonemic
พิ-กาน
b i – k ā n
RomanizationPaiboonpí-gaan
Royal Institutephi-kan
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰi˦˥.kaːn˧/(R)

Adjective

พิการ (pí-gaan) (abstract noun ความพิการ)

  1. (formal, law, of a person) disabled; with disabilities; having disabilities.
    ผู้พิการ
    pûu pí-gaan
    disabled person; person with disabilities
  2. (of a bodily organ or the like) dead, inoperative, inactive, underactive, not functioning, malfunctioning; disordered, deranged, disarranged, impaired.

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