ผู้ร้าย

Thai

Etymology

From ผู้ (pûu, agent noun prefix) + ร้าย (ráai, bad; wicked; evil; etc).

Pronunciation

Orthographicผู้ร้าย
ūˆrˆāy
Phonemic
พู่-ร้าย
būˋrˆāy
RomanizationPaiboonpûu-ráai
Royal Institutephu-rai
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰuː˥˩.raːj˦˥/(R)

Noun

ผู้ร้าย • (pûu-ráai) (classifier คน or ราย)

  1. bad person, wicked person, evil person, malicious person; evildoer, wrongdoer; criminal, offender, lawbreaker, outlaw; thief, robber, stealer.
  2. (of a crime, wrongdoing, etc) culprit; doer; committer; perpetrator; guilty party.
  3. (in a novel, play, drama, film, etc) villain.

Derived terms

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