พิฆาต

Thai

Alternative forms

วิฆาต
^†พิฆาฏ

Etymology

From Old Khmer bighāṭṭha (“to kill; killing”); ultimately from Sanskrit विघात (vighāta, “destruction; obstruction; removal; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ពិឃាដ (pikhiət).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		พิฆาต b i gʰ ā t
Phonemic		พิ-คาด b i – g ā ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	pí-kâat
	Royal Institute	phi-khat
(standard) IPA^(key)		/pʰi˦˥.kʰaːt̚˥˩/

Verb

พิฆาต • (pí-kâat) (abstract noun การพิฆาต)

to kill.
to destroy.