ประหาร

Thai

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रहार (prahāra, to beat; to hit; to kick; to knock; to strike; etc). Compare Old Khmer prahāra (assault, attack; to assault, to attack; etc); Modern Khmer ប្រហារ (prɑhaa, execution, killing, punishment; to execute, to kill, to punish; etc).

Pronunciation

Orthographicประหาร
prahār
Phonemicปฺระ-หาน
p̥rahān
RomanizationPaiboonbprà-hǎan
Royal Institutepra-han
(standard) IPA(key)/pra˨˩.haːn˩˩˦/
Homophonesประหาณ

Noun

ประหาร (bprà-hǎan)

  1. (archaic) act or instance of beating, hitting, or striking.
  2. (archaic) destruction.
  3. killing.
  4. (law) death penalty.
  5. (law) execution: infliction of death penalty.

Verb

ประหาร (bprà-hǎan) (abstract noun การประหาร)

  1. (archaic) to beat; hit; strike.
  2. (archaic) to destroy.
  3. to kill.
  4. (law) to execute: to inflict death penalty.

Derived terms

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