ฆาต

Thai

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ฆาต gʰ ā t
Phonemic		คาด g ā ɗ	[bound form] 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)

1. (elegant, literary, poetic) destruction.
2. (elegant, literary, poetic) hitting; striking.
3. (elegant, literary, poetic) killing.

Verb

ฆาต • (kâat) (abstract noun การฆาต)

1. (elegant, literary, poetic) to destroy.
2. (elegant, literary, poetic) to hit; to strike.
3. (elegant, literary, poetic) to kill.