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อำนาจ

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Old Khmer ʼaṃnāc, ʼaṃnāca, ʼaṃmnāja, mnāja (“authority, power; authorisation, consent, permission”), extended forms of ʼāca, ʼāc, ʼâca, ʼācca, ʼac, ʼac, hāc (“to be able, capable, or competent; to allow, to permit; etc”), from which Thai อาจ (àat) was derived. Compare Lao ອຳນາດ (ʼam nāt), Northern Thai ᩋᩣᩴᨶᩣ᩠ᨧ, Khün ᩋᩣᩴᨶᩣ᩠ᨧ, Modern Khmer អំណាច (ʼɑmnaac).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicอำนาจ
ɒ å n ā t͡ɕ
Phonemic
อำ-นาด
ɒ å – n ā ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonam-nâat
Royal Instituteam-nat
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔam˧.naːt̚˥˩/(R)
Homophonesอำนาถ

Noun

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อำนาจ • (am-nâat)

  1. authority; force; influence; power
    รัฐบาลมีอำนาจในการสั่งยึดสิ่งพิมพ์ของพวกคอมมิวนิสต์
    rát-tà-baan mii am-nâat nai gaan sàng yʉ́t sìng pim kɔ̌ɔng pûuak kɔm-miu-nít
    The government has the authority to order the seizing of communist publications.
    มีอำนาจเหนือคาบสมุทรมลายู
    mii am-nâat nʉ̌ʉa kâap-sà-mùt má-laa-yuu
    to have power/influence over the Malay peninsula

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “อำนาจ” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.