กฤตยา

Thai

Alternative forms

  • กฤติยา

Pronunciation

Orthographicกฤตยา
k ṛ t y ā
Phonemic
กฺริด-ตะ-ยา
k ̥ r i ɗ – t a – y ā
RomanizationPaiboongrìt-dtà-yaa
Royal Institutekrit-ta-ya
(standard) IPA(key)/krit̚˨˩.ta˨˩.jaː˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From corruption of เกียรติ (gìiat) or กีรติ.

Noun

กฤตยา • (grìt-dtà-yaa)

  1. (archaic, poetic, elegant) alternative form of เกียรติ (gìiat)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit กฺฤตฺยา (kṛtyā, ill usage; maltreatment; magic; a kind of female evil spirit, sorceress, or witch; etc).

Noun

กฤตยา • (grìt-dtà-yaa)

  1. (archaic, elegant) black art; black magic; occult science
Derived terms
  • กฤตยาคม
  • กฤตยาคุณ