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เนรเทศ

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Thai

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Etymology

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From corruption of Thai นิรเทศ, from Sanskrit निर्देश (nirdeśa, command; instruction, literally away from land; out of land; without land), from निर् (nir, out; without; away) + देश (deśa, land), equivalent to Thai นิร (ní-rá) +‎ เทศ (têet). Cognate with Khmer និរទេស (niteih).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicเนรเทศ
e n r e d ɕ
Phonemic
เน-ระ-เทด
e n – r a – e d ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonnee-rá-têet
Royal Institutene-ra-thet
(standard) IPA(key)/neː˧.ra˦˥.tʰeːt̚˥˩/(R)

Verb

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เนรเทศ (nee-rá-têet) (abstract noun การเนรเทศ)

  1. to banish; to expatriate; to exile.
  2. (law, formal) to deport: to expel from a country.