งัด

Thai

Etymology

Cognate with Lao ງັດ (ngat).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		งัด ŋ ạ ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	ngát
	Royal Institute	ngat
(standard) IPA^(key)		/ŋat̚˦˥/^(R)

Verb

งัด • (ngát) (abstract noun การงัด)

to move, raise, or open by or as if by leverage: to lever, to prise, to jimmy, to crowbar, etc.
(slang, humorous) to pick a fight, to pick a quarrel; to fight, to quarrel.
- ทำบุญ ต้อง เข้า วัด แต่ถ้า อยากงัดต้อง เข้า เมรุ
  tam-bun dtɔ̂ng kâo wát · dtɛ̀ɛ tâa yàak ngát dtɔ̂ng kâo meen
  [If you want to] make merit, [you]'ve to enter a monastery. But if [you] want to fight, [you'll] have to enter a mortuary.

Derived terms

Derived terms

งัดข้อ
พร้างัดปากไม่ออก
เอาไม้ซีกไปงัดไม้ซุง

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