วิเศษ

Thai

Alternative forms

^†พิเศษ (pí-sèet)
^†วิเสส

Etymology

From Old Khmer viśeṣa, *viśeṣa, visesa (“excellent; splendid; etc”); ultimately from Sanskrit विशेष (viśeṣa, “special; queer; property, attribution; etc”). Cognate with Thai พิเศษ (pí-sèet); Modern Khmer វិសេស (viseh); Lao ວິເສດ (wi sēt).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		วิเศษ w i e ɕ ʂ
Phonemic		วิ-เสด w i – e s ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	wí-sèet
	Royal Institute	wi-set
(standard) IPA^(key)		/wi˦˥.seːt̚˨˩/
Homophones edit		วิเศษณ์ วิเสท

Adjective

วิเศษ • (wí-sèet) (abstract noun ความวิเศษ)

(archaic) Alternative form of พิเศษ (pí-sèet)
excellent; splendid; amazing; superb; magnificent.
magic; magical.

Derived terms

ผู้วิเศษ
วิเศษวิโส