กาลกิณี

Thai

Alternative forms

กาลกรรณี

Etymology

From Pali kālakaṇṇī (“dawdler; idler; loafer”); probably via Khmer កាឡកិណី (kaalkenəy, “evil person; mean person; witch”). Compare कालकर्णि (kālakarṇi), from which the alternative form กาลกรรณี is derived.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		กาลกิณี k ā l k i ɳ ī
Phonemic		กา-ละ-กิ-นี k ā – l a – k i – n ī	กาน-ละ-กิ-นี k ā n – l a – k i – n ī
Romanization	Paiboon	gaa-lá-gì-nii	gaan-lá-gì-nii
	Royal Institute	ka-la-ki-ni	kan-la-ki-ni
(standard) IPA^(key)		/kaː˧.la˦˥.ki˨˩.niː˧/	/kaːn˧.la˦˥.ki˨˩.niː˧/

Adjective

กาลกิณี • (gaa-lá-gì-nii)

(elegant, derogatory, offensive) bad, wicked, evil; inauspicious, unfortunate, unfavourable, unholy, ill-boding, marked by or inviting misfortune, bringing about bad luck.

Noun

กาลกิณี • (gaa-lá-gì-nii)

(elegant, derogatory, offensive) that which is bad, wicked, or evil; inauspiciousness, unfortunateness, unfavourableness, unholiness; that which is ill-boding, is marked by or invites misfortune, or brings about bad luck.

Synonyms

Synonyms — see อัปมงคล (àp-bpà-mong-kon)