การุณยฆาต

Thai

Etymology

Calque of English mercy killing. By surface analysis, การุณย (“mercy”) +‎ ฆาต (kâat, “killing”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicการุณยฆาต
k ā r u ɳ y gʰ ā t
Phonemic
กา-รุน-ยะ-คาด
k ā – r u n – y a – g ā ɗ
RomanizationPaiboongaa-run-yá-kâat
Royal Instituteka-run-ya-khat
(standard) IPA(key)/kaː˧.run˧.ja˦˥.kʰaːt̚˥˩/(R)

Noun

การุณยฆาต • (gaa-run-yá-kâat)

  1. mercy killing; euthanasia.

Synonyms

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