พิฆาต

Thai

Alternative forms

  • พิฆาฏarchaic, obsolete or dated
  • วิฆาต

Etymology

From Old Khmer ពិឃាដ្ឋ (bighāṭṭha, to kill; killing); ultimately from Sanskrit विघात (vighāta, destruction; obstruction; removal; etc). Cognate with Modern Khmer ពិឃាដ (pikhiət).

Pronunciation

Orthographicพิฆาต
b i gʰ ā t
Phonemic
พิ-คาด
b i – g ā ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonpí-kâat
Royal Institutephi-khat
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰi˦˥.kʰaːt̚˥˩/(R)

Verb

พิฆาต • (pí-kâat) (abstract noun การพิฆาต)

  1. to kill.
  2. to destroy.