Thai edit

Alternative forms edit

Alternative forms

Etymology edit

From Old Khmer viśeṣa, *viśeṣa, visesa (excellent; splendid; etc); ultimately from Sanskrit विशेष (viśeṣa, special; queer; property, attribution; etc). Cognate with Thai พิเศษ (pí-sèet); Modern Khmer វិសេស (visaeh); Lao ວິເສດ (wi sēt).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicวิเศษ
w i e ɕ ʂ
Phonemic
วิ-เสด
w i – e s ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonwí-sèet
Royal Institutewi-set
(standard) IPA(key)/wi˦˥.seːt̚˨˩/(R)
Homophonesวิเศษณ์
วิเสท

Adjective edit

วิเศษ (wí-sèet) (abstract noun ความวิเศษ)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of พิเศษ (pí-sèet)
  2. excellent; splendid; amazing; superb; magnificent.
  3. magic; magical.

Derived terms edit