อายัด

Thai

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from corruption of Pali āṇatti (“command; order”), ultimately from Sanskrit आज्ञप्ति (ājñapti, “idem”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		อายัด ɒ ā y ạ ɗ
Phonemic		อา-ยัด ɒ ā – y ạ ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	aa-yát
	Royal Institute	a-yat
(standard) IPA(key)		/ʔaː˧.jat̚˦˥/(R)
Homophones edit		อายัต

Noun

อายัด • (aa-yát)

1. (archaic) authority; jurisdiction; power.

Verb

อายัด • (aa-yát) (abstract noun การอายัด)

1. (law, obsolete, transitive, of a thing or person) to entrust to an authority, as for safekeeping or detention.
2. (law, transitive) to prohibit from movement by legal authority, especially temporarily:
   1. (as of an asset or civil claim) to attach; to sequester.
   2. (as of a bank account or financial transaction) to freeze; to suspend.
   3. (as of a suspect or criminal) to seize; to apprehend; to hold.

Usage notes

• Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix (1896) defined the term as "to declare, to inform against, to put one's case into the judge's hands".
• Khun Samahanhitakhadi (1931) also defined the term as a noun meaning anything entrusted to an authority temporarily.

Descendants

• → Lao: ອາຍັດ (ʼā nyັt)