ประหาร
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit प्रहार (prahāra, “beating; hitting; striking; etc”); possibly via Old Khmer prahāra (“assault, attack; to assault, to attack”). Cognate with Lao ປະຫານ (pa hān), Modern Khmer ប្រហារ (prɑhaa).
Pronunciation
[edit]Orthographic | ประหาร p r a h ā r | |
Phonemic | ปฺระ-หาน p ̥ r a – h ā n | |
Romanization | Paiboon | bprà-hǎan |
Royal Institute | pra-han | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /pra˨˩.haːn˩˩˦/(R) | |
Homophones | ประหาณ |
Noun
[edit]ประหาร • (bprà-hǎan)
- (archaic) beat, hit, strike; beating, hitting, striking.
- killing.
- (criminal law)
- death penalty; death sentence.
- execution: infliction of death penalty; carrying out of death sentence.
- (elegant, figurative) destruction; elimination; eradication.
Verb
[edit]ประหาร • (bprà-hǎan) (abstract noun การประหาร)
- (archaic) to beat; to hit; to strike.
- to kill.
- (criminal law) to execute: to inflict the death penalty (upon); to carry out the death sentence (of, for, against).
- (elegant, figurative) to destroy; to eliminate; to eradicate.
Derived terms
[edit]- ประหัตประหาร
- ประหารชีวิต (bprà-hǎan-chii-wít)
- รัฐประหาร (rát-tà-bprà-hǎan)
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