พิฆาต

Thai

Alternative forms

• พิฆาฏ — archaic, obsolete or dated
• วิฆาต

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Orthographic		พิฆาต b i gʰ ā t
Phonemic		พิ-คาด b i – g ā ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	pí-kâat
	Royal Institute	phi-khat
(standard) IPA(key)		/pʰi˦˥.kʰaːt̚˥˩/(R)

Verb

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

1. to kill.
2. to destroy.

Derived terms

• เรือพิฆาต

See also

• ฆาต (kâat)

Further reading

• “พิฆาต” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.