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
| Orthographic | ประหาร p r a h ā r | |
| Phonemic | ปฺระ-หาน p ̥ r a – h ā n | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | bprà-hǎan |
| Royal Institute | pra-han | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /pra˨˩.haːn˩˩˦/ | |
| Homophones edit | ประหาณ | |
Noun
ประหาร • (bprà-hǎan)
- (archaic) act or instance of beating, hitting, or striking.
- (archaic) destruction.
- killing.
- (law) death penalty.
- (law) execution: infliction of death penalty.
Verb
ประหาร • (bprà-hǎan) (abstract noun การประหาร)
- (archaic) to beat; hit; strike.
- (archaic) to destroy.
- to kill.
- (law) to execute: to inflict death penalty.
Derived terms
- ประหัตประหาร
- ประหารชีวิต (bprà-hǎan-chii-wít)
- รัฐประหาร (rát-tà-bprà-hǎan, “coup d’état”)