Thai edit

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Etymology edit

From Sanskrit पिशाच (piśāca, ghost). Cognate with Lao ປີສາດ (pī sāt), ຜີສາດ (phī sāt).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicปีศาจ
p ī ɕ ā t͡ɕ
Phonemic
ปี-สาด
p ī – s ā ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonbpii-sàat
Royal Institutepi-sat
(standard) IPA(key)/piː˧.saːt̚˨˩/(R)

Noun edit

ปีศาจ (bpii-sàat) (classifier ตน)

  1. ghost.
  2. evil.