อมนุษย์

Thai

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अमनुष्य (amanuṣya, “demon”, literally “nonhuman”), from अ (a, “not”) + मनुष्य (manuṣya, “human”), equivalent to Thai อ (à) +‎ มนุษย์ (má-nút). Cognate with Lao ອະມະນຸດ (ʼa ma nut).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		อมนุษย์ ɒ m n u ʂ y ʻ
Phonemic		อะ-มะ-นุด ɒ a – m a – n u ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	à-má-nút
	Royal Institute	a-ma-nut
(standard) IPA(key)		/ʔa˨˩.ma˦˥.nut̚˦˥/(R)

Noun

อมนุษย์ • (à-má-nút)

1. (mythology) nonhuman being, as deity, demon, ghost, spirit, etc, especially malevolent one, but usually not including animals.
2. (figurative and derogatory) inhuman person.

Antonyms

• มนุษย์ (má-nút)