กาลกิณี

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali kālakaṇṇī, kāḷakaṇṇī (“dawdler; idler; loafer”), from Sanskrit कालकर्णि (kālakarṇi) (whence Thai กาลกรรณี). Cognate with Khmer កាឡកិណី (kaalkenəy).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		กาลกิณี k ā l k i ɳ ī
Phonemic		กา-ละ-กิ-นี k ā – l a – k i – n ī	กาน-ละ-กิ-นี k ā n – l a – k i – n ī
Romanization	Paiboon	gaa-lá-gì-nii	gaan-lá-gì-nii
	Royal Institute	ka-la-ki-ni	kan-la-ki-ni
(standard) IPA(key)		/kaː˧.la˦˥.ki˨˩.niː˧/(R)	/kaːn˧.la˦˥.ki˨˩.niː˧/(R)

Adjective

กาลกิณี • (gaa-lá-gì-nii)

1. (elegant, derogatory, offensive) bad, wicked, evil; inauspicious, unfortunate, unfavourable, unholy, ill-boding, marked by or inviting misfortune, bringing about bad luck.

Noun

กาลกิณี • (gaa-lá-gì-nii)

1. (elegant, derogatory, offensive) that which is bad, wicked, or evil; inauspiciousness, unfortunateness, unfavourableness, unholiness; that which is ill-boding, is marked by or invites misfortune, or brings about bad luck.

Synonyms

• See อัปมงคล (àp-bpà-mong-kon).