วิตถาร
Thai
Etymology
From Pali vitthāra (“amplification; description; detail”). Cognate with Khmer វិត្ថារ (vɨtthaa). Compare Sanskrit विस्तार (vistāra), from which Thai พิสดาร (pít-sà-daan) was derived.
Pronunciation
Orthographic | วิตถาร w i t tʰ ā r | |
Phonemic | วิด-ถาน w i ɗ – tʰ ā n | |
Romanization | Paiboon | wít-tǎan |
Royal Institute | wit-than | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /wit̚˦˥.tʰaːn˩˩˦/ |
Adjective
วิตถาร • (wít-tǎan) (abstract noun ความวิตถาร)
- (obsolete) detailed, descriptive, elaborate; comprehensive, extensive, inclusive.
- (now rare) queer; strange; odd; uncommon; unorthodox; eccentric.
- perverted: sexually abnormal.