อนธการ

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Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Pali andhakāra (darkness, literally one who makes blind; one who causes blindness), from andha (blind) + kāra (doer; maker), equivalent to Thai อนธ +‎ การ (gaan). Cognate with Modern Khmer អន្ធការ (ʼɑnthĕəʼkaa).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicอนธการ
ɒ n dʰ k ā r
Phonemic
อน-ทะ-กาน
ɒ n – d a – k ā n
RomanizationPaiboonon-tá-gaan
Royal Instituteon-tha-kan
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔon˧.tʰa˦˥.kaːn˧/(R)

Noun

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อนธการ (on-tá-gaan)

  1. (elegant) dark; dusk; evening; night.
  2. (elegant) blackness; darkness; dimness; gloom; lightlessness; obscurity.
  3. (elegant) foolishness; idiocy; ignorance; stupidity.