คดี

Thai

Etymology

From Old Khmer ក្តិ (kti) or Angkorian Old Khmer គតិ (gati, “matter, affair, case; legal matter, affair, or case; etc”); ultimately from Sanskrit गति (gati, “movement; progress, proceeding; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ក្តី (kdəy); Lao ຄະດີ (kha dī); Shan ၵတီႉ (kǎ tḭ̂i). Doublet of คติ (ká-dtì).

Pronunciation
Orthographicคดี
g ɗ ī
Phonemic
คะ-ดี
g a – ɗ ī
RomanizationPaiboonká-dii
Royal Institutekha-di
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰa˦˥.diː˧/(R)

Noun

คดี • (ká-dii)

  1. (elegant, poetic) matter; affair; case.
    • 17th century, อนิรุทธคำฉันท์ พร้อมด้วยบันทึกสอบทานและหมายเหตุ‎, 4th edition, กรุงเทพฯ: กรมศิลปากร, published 1979:
      คดีนี้บดี นฤบดีบิดาปราม
      ká-dii níi bɔɔ dii · ná-rʉ́-bɔɔ-dii bì-daa bpraam
      "Ill is this matter!", warned the king her father.
  2. (law) legal matter; legal affair; legal case; legal proceedings.
    คดีแพ่ง
    ká-dii pɛ̂ng
    civil case
    คดีอาญา
    ká-dii aa-yaa
    criminal case

Synonyms
legal case; legal matter
  • คดีความ
  • ความ (kwaam)
  • อรรถ (àt)
  • อรรถคดี

Derived terms
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