กักขัง

Thai

Etymology

From กัก (gàk, to keep; to shut; to confine) + ขัง (kǎng, idem).

Pronunciation

Orthographicกักขัง
kkŋ
Phonemic
กัก-ขัง
kkŋ
RomanizationPaiboongàk-kǎng
Royal Institutekak-khang
(standard) IPA(key)/kak̚˨˩.kʰaŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

กักขัง • (gàk-kǎng)

  1. (law) confinement; incarceration.

Usage notes

  • Under the Thai law, the term refers to an alternative penalty by which a convict is kept in a definite place other than a prison, police station, or the like, imposed in case of failure to pay a fine or instead of short-term imprisonment, for example.

Verb

กักขัง • (gàk-kǎng) (abstract noun การกักขัง)

  1. (law) to impose such penalty (on); to enforce such penalty (against).
  2. to keep in or force to be in a certain place: to lock up, to hold, to detain, to confine, to imprison, etc.
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