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wiH chaaM gaanM
pronunciation guide
Phonemic ThaiÇÔ-ªÒ-¡Ò¹
IPAwíʔtɕʰaː kaːn
Royal Thai General Systemwicha kan

 [noun, adjective, phrase, formal, loanword, Pali]
definition
academia; technique; technology; technical; expertise

categoriesÇÔ·ÂÒ¡ÒÃAcademia
componentsÇÔªÒ wiH chaaM[of study] a subject; knowledge; branch of study
¡ÒàgaanMwork; job; task; business; duty; action [can be placed before or after a word—see notes]
examples
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dtaaeL thaaF bpenM sap[t]L thaangM wiH chaaM gaanM reuuR wiH saaR maanM yaH naamM haiF gepL waiH thangH saawngR dtuaaM dooyM saiL khreuuangF maayR thanM thaH khaatF waiH theeF dtuaaM thaayH chehnF
However, if such word is a technical term or is a proper noun, the double letters are retained and a silencer is placed over the second letter, for example:
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nakH wiH chaaM gaanM phuuF bpenM phehtH naahmH neungL
a scholar of the first water
»Ñ­ËÒ·Ò§ÇÔªÒ¡ÒÃbpanM haaR thaangM wiH chaaM gaanMtechnical problems
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bpenM maH noot[y]H sootL bpraL seertL leertF khoonM khaaF gwaaL banM daaM fuungR sat[w]L daehM ratH chaanR johngM faaL fanM phatH naaM wiH chaaM gaanM yaaL laangH phlaanR reuuM khehnL khaaF beeM thaaM khraiM maiF theuuR thohtF grohtL chaaengF satH heutH hatH daaL hatL aL phaiM meuuanR geeM laaM atL chaaM saiR bpaL dtiL batL bpraL phreutH gohtL gahmM nohtL jaiM phuutF jaaM haiF jaH jaH jaaR jaaR naaF fangM eeuyM
[a Thai pangram (a sentence using every letter of the alphabet)]
½èÒÂÇÔªÒ¡ÒÃfaayL wiH chaaM gaanM[of a company's organization] the technical side
¡àÇé¹ã¹¡Ã³Õ·Õèà»ç¹ÈѾ·ì·Ò§ÇÔªÒ¡ÒÃËÃ×ÍÇÔÊÒÁҹ¹ÒÁ àªè¹
yohkH wehnH naiM gaL raH neeM theeF bpenM sap[t]L thaangM wiH chaaM gaanM reuuR wiH saaR maanM yaH naamM chehnF
There is an exception for technical terms and proper names, for example:
ǧ¡ÒÃÇÔªÒ¡ÒÃwohngM gaanM wiH chaaM gaanMacademia; academic circle
ÈѾ·ìÇÔªÒ¡ÒëÖè§ãªé੾ÒСÅØèÁ äÁèãªèÈѾ·ì·ÑèÇä» ÍÒ¨à¾ÔèÁàµÔÁËÅѡࡳ±ì¢Öé¹µÒÁ¤ÇÒÁ¨Óà»ç¹
sap[t]L wiH chaaM gaanM seungF chaiH chaL phawH gloomL maiF chaiF sap[t]L thuaaF bpaiM aatL pheermF dteermM lakL gaehn[t]M kheunF dtaamM khwaamM jahmM bpenM
These rules may be supplemented as necessary for technical words which are used by specific communities and which are not words in general usage.

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