ประหาร

From Sanskrit प्रहार (prahāra, “beating; hitting; striking; etc”); possibly via Old Khmer prahāra (“assault, attack; to assault, to attack”). Cognate with Lao ປະຫານ (pa hān), Modern Khmer ប្រហារ (prɑhaa).

ประหาร • (bprà-hǎan)

1. (archaic) beat, hit, strike; beating, hitting, striking.
2. killing.
3. (criminal law)
   1. death penalty; death sentence.
   2. execution: infliction of death penalty; carrying out of death setence.
4. (elegant, figurative) destruction; elimination; eradication.

ประหาร • (bprà-hǎan) (abstract noun การประหาร)

1. (archaic) to beat; to hit; to strike.
2. to kill.
3. (criminal law) to execute: to inflict the death penalty (upon); to carry out the death sentence (of, for, against).
4. (elegant, figurative) to destroy; to eliminate; to eradicate.