กันดาร

Thai

Etymology

From Pali kantāra (“desert; waste; wilderness”) or Sanskrit कान्तार (kāntāra, “forest; wilderness”). Cognate with Modern Khmer កន្តារ (kɑntaa), Lao ກັນດານ (kan dān).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		กันดาร k ạ n ɗ ā r
Phonemic		กัน-ดาน k ạ n – ɗ ā n	[bound form] กัน-ดาน- k ạ n – ɗ ā n –	[bound form] กัน-ดา-ระ- k ạ n – ɗ ā – r a –
Romanization	Paiboon	gan-daan	gan-daan-	gan-daa-rá-
Romanization	Royal Institute	kan-dan	kan-dan-	kan-da-ra-
(standard) IPA^(key)		/kan˧.daːn˧/	/kan˧.daːn˧./	/kan˧.daː˧.ra˦˥./
Homophones edit		กันดาล

Adjective

กันดาร • (gan-daan) (abstract noun ความกันดาร)

(formal, of a place, area, region, etc)
1. undergoing hardship; experiencing difficulties; suffering a famine; undergoing a shortage (of food, water, etc).
2. arid; dried; barren; desert.
3. remote; rural.
4. difficult to access; hard to go or travel (to, through, etc).
(formal, of a road, course, way, path, etc) difficult.

Derived terms

กันดารวิถี (gan-daa-rá-wí-tǐi)
ทุรกันดาร (tú-rá-gan-daan)
เบี้ยกันดาร