กักขัง

Thai

Etymology

From กัก (gàk, “to keep; to shut; to confine”) +‎ ขัง (kǎng, “idem”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		กักขัง k ạ k kʰ ạ ŋ
Phonemic		กัก-ขัง k ạ k – kʰ ạ ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	gàk-kǎng
	Royal Institute	kak-khang
(standard) IPA(key)		/kak̚˨˩.kʰaŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

กักขัง • (gàk-kǎng)

1. (law) confinement; incarceration.

Usage notes

• Under the Thai law, the term refers to an alternative penalty by which a convict is kept in a definite place other than a prison, police station, or the like, imposed in case of failure to pay a fine or instead of short-term imprisonment, for example.

Verb

กักขัง • (gàk-kǎng) (abstract noun การกักขัง)

1. (law) to impose such penalty (on); to enforce such penalty (against).
2. to keep in or force to be in a certain place: to lock up, to hold, to detain, to confine, to imprison, etc.