Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit विचारणा (vicāraṇā, consideration; discussion; examination; investigation; etc); perhaps via Old Khmer bīccārnā, bicārannāha (to consider; to examine, to investigate; to search; etc). Cognate with Thai วิจารณ์ (wí-jaan). And cognate with Modern Khmer ពិចារណា (picaaraʼnaa).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicพิจารณา
b i t͡ɕ ā r ɳ ā
Phonemic
พิ-จา-ระ-นา
b i – t͡ɕ ā – r a – n ā
RomanizationPaiboonpí-jaa-rá-naa
Royal Institutephi-cha-ra-na
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰi˦˥.t͡ɕaː˧.ra˦˥.naː˧/(R)

Verb

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พิจารณา (pí-jaa-rá-naa) (abstract noun การพิจารณา)

  1. to consider: to think carefully (about), especially for making a decision.
  2. (of a legal case) to investigate; to examine; to try.
  3. to censor: to examine something and suppress unacceptable parts thereof.

Synonyms

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to try (a case)

Derived terms

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