ฆาต
kâatMeaning
1NounC1
killing; death (formal, in compounds)
A formal/literary morpheme meaning killing or death, chiefly seen in compounds such as ฆาตกรรมฆาตกรรมkâat-dtà-gammurder; criminal homicide (murder) and มรณฆาตมรณฆาตmɔɔ-rá-ná-kâat1deathblow; fatal blow2decisive final blow (figurative) (death).
Examples
คำว่าkam-wâaคำว่าkam-wâathe word/term (introductory marker)ฆาตกรรมkâat-dtà-gamฆาตกรรมkâat-dtà-gammurder; criminal homicideมีmiiมีmii1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoคำว่าkam-wâaคำว่าkam-wâathe word/term (introductory marker)ฆาตkâatฆาตkâatkilling; death (formal, in compounds)ซึ่งsʉ̂ngซึ่งsʉ̂ng1which; that (relative pronoun)2which/and this; introducing explanationหมายถึงmǎai-tʉ̌ngหมายถึงmǎai-tʉ̌ng1[to] mean; denote; refer to2[to] mean (to say); intend (one’s words)การgaanการgaan1nominalizer2work; business; task3affair; matterฆ่าkâaฆ่าkâa[to] kill
The word "ghādtà-gam" (murder) contains the morpheme "ghâat," which means killing.
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ในnaiภาษาบาลีสันสกฤตpaa-sǎa-baa-lii-sǎn-sà-grìtรากศัพท์râak-sàpฆาตkâatถูกtùukใช้cháiในnaiหลายlǎaiคำkamที่tîiเกี่ยวข้องกับgìiao-kɔ̂ɔng-gàpการทำลายgaan-tam-laaiหรือrʉ̌ʉความตายkwaam-dtaai
In Pali and Sanskrit, the root 'ghâat' is used in many words related to destruction or death.
วรรณคดีwan-ná-ká-diiเรื่องrʉ̂ʉangนี้níiกล่าวถึงglàao-tʉ̌ngโศกนาฏกรรมsòok-gà-nâat-dtà-gamของkɔ̌ɔngตัวละครdtuua-lá-kɔɔnที่tîiกระทำgrà-tamปิตุฆาตbpì-dtù-kâatซึ่งsʉ̂ngคำว่าkam-wâaปิตุbpì-dtùหมายถึงmǎai-tʉ̌ngพ่อpɔ̂ɔและlɛ́ฆาตkâatหมายถึงmǎai-tʉ̌ngการgaanฆ่าkâa
This literary work tells the tragedy of a character who commits patricide, where 'pitu' means father and 'ghâat' means killing.
โหรหลวงhǒon-lǔuangทูลtuunทำนายtam-naaiว่าwâaพระองค์prá-ongมีmiiเกณฑ์geenถึงtʉ̌ngซึ่งsʉ̂ngมรณฆาตmɔɔ-rá-ná-kâatในnaiอีกìikไม่ช้าmâi-cháaคำว่าkam-wâaมรณฆาตmɔɔ-rá-ná-kâatเป็นbpenศัพท์sàpชั้นสูงchán-sǔungหมายถึงmǎai-tʉ̌ngความตายkwaam-dtaai
The royal astrologer predicted that His Majesty was fated to soon meet his demise; the word 'mɔɔ-rá-ná-khâat' is a formal term for death.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ฆาต said คาด?
kâat
- Same-sounding letterฆ sounds just like ค, so the reading uses ค.Final soundAt the end of a syllable, ต is said like ด (t).
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableLong vowelEnds in -ต, a stop, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Falling tone
kâat
Starts high, rises a little, then drops clearly.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Long vowel → Falling
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |