พระราชกำหนด

Thai edit

Etymology edit

From พระราช (prá-râat-chá, a prefix to nouns concerning a royal person, literally holy and royal) +‎ กำหนด (gam-nòt, definition; determination; prescription). Compare Khmer ព្រះរាជកំណត់ (preăhréachkâmnât).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicพระราชกำหนด
b r a r ā d͡ʑ k å h n ɗ
Phonemic
พฺระ-ราด-ชะ-กำ-หฺนด
b ̥ r a – r ā ɗ – d͡ʑ a – k å – h ̥ n ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonprá-râat-chá-gam-nòt
Royal Institutephra-rat-cha-kam-not
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰra˦˥.raːt̚˥˩.t͡ɕʰa˦˥.kam˧.not̚˨˩/(R)

Noun edit

พระราชกำหนด (prá-râat-chá-gam-nòt) (classifier ฉบับ)

  1. (archaic) any law, regulation, command, or edict given by a royal person.
  2. (Thailand law) emergency decree: law enacted by the monarch upon advice of the executive branch in case of emergency, having the same force as an act of parliament; probably first used on 10 December 1932 when the first constitution was enacted. Abbreviation: พ.ร.ก. (pɔɔ-rɔɔ-gɔɔ).
  3. similar enactment in a monarchical country; that in a republic or other state than a monarchy is called รัฐกำหนด

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