ยกบัตร

See also: ยกบัตร์

Thai

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• ^†ยกกระบัตร (yók-grà-bàt)
• ^†ยกบัตร์ (yók-gà-bàt)
• ^†ยุกระบัด (yúk-grà-bàt)
• ^†ยุกระบัตร (yúk-grà-bàt)

 

Etymology

Possibly from Pali āyuttaka (“representative; steward; trustee”) + paṭa (“cloth; scroll, roll, list, record; etc”), or Sanskrit आयुक्त (āyukta, “agent, deputy; minister; royally appointed officer; etc”) + प्राप्त (prāpta, “chartered; received; valid; etc”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ยกบัตร y k ɓ ạ t r
Phonemic		ยก-กะ-บัด y k – k a – ɓ ạ ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	yók-gà-bàt
	Royal Institute	yok-ka-bat
(standard) IPA(key)		/jok̚˦˥.ka˨˩.bat̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

ยกบัตร • (yók-gà-bàt)

1. (historical) public officer in กระทรวงวัง (grà-suuang-wang, “Ministry of Palace Affairs”), sent out by the central government to a locality to oversee the performance of the local ruler, especially in administrative and judicial affairs.
2. (historical) public officer responsible for recording or inspecting military affairs; public officer responsible for providing military supplies.
3. (archaic) prosecuting attorney.

Descendants

• → Khmer: យោក្ប័ត (yookbat), យោក្ប័ត្ (yoŭkbât), យោក្បាត (yookbaat), យុកក្ប័ត្ (yŭkkbât)