พิการ

Thai

Alternative forms
  • วิการ

Etymology

From Pali vikāra (“change; distortion”), from vi (“different; in a different way; etc”) + kāra (“case; matter; affair; etc”); ultimately from Sanskrit विकार (vikāra, idem), from वि (vi, idem) + कार (kāra, idem); equivalent to Thai พิ (pí) +‎ การ (gaan). Cognate with Khmer ពិការ (pikaa), Lao ພິການ (phi kān).

Pronunciation
Orthographicพิการ
b i k ā r
Phonemic
พิ-กาน
b i – k ā n
RomanizationPaiboonpí-gaan
Royal Institutephi-kan
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰi˦˥.kaːn˧/(R)

Adjective

พิการ • (pí-gaan) (abstract noun ความพิการ)

  1. (formal, law, of a person) disabled; with disabilities; having disabilities.
    ผู้พิการ
    pûu pí-gaan
    disabled person; person with disabilities
  2. (of a bodily organ or the like) dead, inoperative, inactive, underactive, not functioning, malfunctioning; disordered, deranged, disarranged, impaired.

Derived terms
  • พิกลพิการ
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