พิสดาร

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Etymology[edit]

From Sanskrit विस्तार (vistāra, extension; elaborateness; detail); probably via Old Khmer bistāra. Cognate with Modern Khmer ពិស្តារ (pɨhtaa). Compare Pali vitthāra, from which Thai วิตถาร (wít-tǎan) was derived.

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicพิสดาร
b i s ɗ ā r
Phonemic
พิด-สะ-ดาน
b i ɗ – s a – ɗ ā n
RomanizationPaiboonpít-sà-daan
Royal Institutephit-sa-dan
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰit̚˦˥.sa˨˩.daːn˧/(R)

Adjective[edit]

พิสดาร (pít-sà-daan) (abstract noun ความพิสดาร)

  1. (now only found in law, obsolete elsewhere) detailed, descriptive, elaborate; comprehensive, extensive, inclusive.
  2. queer; strange; odd; uncommon; unorthodox; eccentric.

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