กาลกิณี

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali kālakaṇṇī, kāḷakaṇṇī (dawdler; idler; loafer), ultimately from Sanskrit कालकर्णि (kālakarṇi), whence Thai กาลกรรณี.

Cognate with Khmer កាឡកិណី (kaalkenəy).

Pronunciation

Orthographicกาลกิณี
k ā l k i ɳ ī
Phonemic
กา-ละ-กิ-นี
k ā – l a – k i – n ī
กาน-ละ-กิ-นี
k ā n – l a – k i – n ī
RomanizationPaiboongaa-lá-gì-niigaan-lá-gì-nii
Royal Instituteka-la-ki-nikan-la-ki-ni
(standard) IPA(key)/kaː˧.la˦˥.ki˨˩.niː˧/(R)/kaːn˧.la˦˥.ki˨˩.niː˧/(R)

Adjective

กาลกิณี • (gaa-lá-gì-nii)

  1. (elegant, derogatory, offensive) bad, evil; wicked, unholy; inauspicious, unfavourable; unfortunate, unlucky; ill-boding, ill-omened

Noun

กาลกิณี • (gaa-lá-gì-nii)

  1. (elegant, derogatory, offensive) bad, evil; wickedness, unholiness; inauspiciousness, unfavourableness; misfortune, bad luck; ill bode, ill omen

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