ฆาต
kâat
Meanings
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 มรณฆาตมรณฆาตmo-rá-ná-kâat1deathblow; fatal blow2decisive final blow (figurative) (death).
Examples
คำว่าkam wâaคำว่าkam wâathe word/term (introductory marker)ฆาตกรรมkâat-dtà-gamฆาตกรรมkâat-dtà-gammurder; criminal homicideมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoคำว่าkam wâaคำว่าkam wâathe word/term (introductory marker)ฆาตkâatฆาตkâatkilling; death (formal, in compounds)ซึ่งsêungซึ่งsêung1which; that (relative pronoun)2which/and this; introducing explanationหมายถึงmăai tĕungหมายถึงmăai tĕung1[to] mean; denote; refer to2[to] mean (to say); intend (one’s words)การgaanการgaan1nominalizer2act; action; process3affair; matterฆ่าkâaฆ่าkâa1[to] kill2[to] turn off; shut down (coll.)
The word "ghādtà-gam" (murder) contains the morpheme "ghâat," which means killing.