ขวากหนาม

Thai

FWOTD – 3 December 2016

Etymology

From ขวาก (kwàak, “caltrop”) +‎ หนาม (nǎam, “thorn”); literally "caltrop and thorn".

Pronunciation

Orthographicขวากหนาม
kʰ w ā k h n ā m
Phonemic
ขฺวาก-หฺนาม
kʰ ̥ w ā k – h ̥ n ā m
RomanizationPaiboonkwàak-nǎam
Royal Institutekhwak-nam
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰwaːk̚˨˩.naːm˩˩˦/(R)
Audio

Noun

ขวากหนาม • (kwàak-nǎam)

  1. hindrance; obstacle.

Synonyms

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