วิตถาร

Thai

Etymology

From Pali vitthāra (“amplification; description; detail”). Cognate with Khmer វិត្ថារ (vɨtthaa). Compare Sanskrit विस्तार (vistāra), from which Thai พิสดาร (pít-sà-daan) was derived.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		วิตถาร w i t tʰ ā r
Phonemic		วิด-ถาน w i ɗ – tʰ ā n
Romanization	Paiboon	wít-tǎan
	Royal Institute	wit-than
(standard) IPA(key)		/wit̚˦˥.tʰaːn˩˩˦/(R)

Adjective

วิตถาร • (wít-tǎan) (abstract noun ความวิตถาร)

1. (obsolete) detailed, descriptive, elaborate; comprehensive, extensive, inclusive.
2. (now rare) queer; strange; odd; uncommon; unorthodox; eccentric.
3. perverted: sexually abnormal.