ฆ่า

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *qaːꟲ (“to kill”). Cognate with Lao ຂ້າ (khā), Tai Dam ꪄ꫁ꪱ, Lü ᦃᦱᧉ (ẋaa²), Shan ၶႃႈ (khāa), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥲ (xàa), Ahom 𑜁𑜠 (kha, “to cut; to kill”), Zhuang gaj, Nong Zhuang kaj. The spelling of the word was contaminated by ฆาต (kâat) which is a Pali loanword.

Pronunciation
Orthographicฆ่า
gʰ ˋ ā
Phonemic
ค่า
g ˋ ā
RomanizationPaiboonkâa
Royal Institutekha
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaː˥˩/(R)
Homophonesข้า
ค่า

Verb

ฆ่า • (kâa) (abstract noun การฆ่า)

  1. to kill.
  2. to put an end to; to get rid of; to remove; to destroy.
  3. to strike out; to cross out.

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