อนาจาร

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Thai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Pali anācāra (impertinence; misbehaviour) or Sanskrit अनाचार (anācāra, curious; devious; improper; uncommon). Cognate with Khmer អនាចារ (ʼɑɑniəcaa).

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicอนาจาร
ɒ n ā t͡ɕ ā r
Phonemic
อะ-นา-จาน
ɒ a – n ā – t͡ɕ ā n
RomanizationPaiboonà-naa-jaan
Royal Institutea-na-chan
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔa˨˩.naː˧.t͡ɕaːn˧/(R)

Adjective[edit]

อนาจาร (à-naa-jaan) (abstract noun ความอนาจาร)

  1. base, low, mean; dirty, filthy; immoral, impure, sinful, unclean, unholy; lascivious, lewd; indecent, obscene.
  2. (law) indecent.

Noun[edit]

อนาจาร (à-naa-jaan)

  1. baseness, lowness, meanness; dirtiness, filthiness; immorality, impurity, sinfulness, uncleanness, unholiness; lasciviousness, lewdness; indecency, obscenity.
  2. (law) indecency.

Derived terms[edit]