ผู้เผด็จการ

Thai

Etymology

From ผู้ (pûu, “person”) +‎ เผด็จการ (pà-dèt-gaan, “to exercise absolute control”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicผู้เผด็จการ
pʰ ū ˆ e pʰ ɗ ˘ t͡ɕ k ā r
Phonemic
ผู้-ผะ-เด็ด-กาน
pʰ ū ˆ – pʰ a – e ɗ ˘ ɗ – k ā n
RomanizationPaiboonpûu-pà-dèt-gaan
Royal Institutephu-pha-det-kan
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰuː˥˩.pʰa˨˩.det̚˨˩.kaːn˧/(R)

Noun

ผู้เผด็จการ • (pûu-pà-dèt-gaan)

  1. dictator, autocrat, tyrant

Further reading

  • “ผู้เผด็จการ” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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