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| อัตคัด atL dtaL khatH (24.) |  |
| Royal Institute - 1982 | ||||
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | อัด-ตะ-คัด |
| IPA | ʔàt tà kʰát |
| Royal Thai General System | attakhat |
| pronunciation note | 24. The pronunciation of this word illustrates reduplication, where a single written consonant serves as the final consonant of a syllable and is then pronounced again as the initial consonant of the following syllable. | ||
| [adjective, formal] | |||
| definition | destitute; penniless; down and out; impoverished; indigent; insolvent; moneyless; penurious; poor; poverty-stricken | ||
| synonyms | กระเป๋าอู๋สตางค์บ๊อ | graL bpaoR uuR saL dtaangM baawH | [is] penniless; poor; poverty stricken |
ขัดสน  | khatL sohnR | [is] needy; in need of | |
| ขาดแคลน | khaatL khlaaenM | [is] lacking of; short of; deficient | |
| เข็ญใจ | khenR jaiM | [is] poor; miserable | |
 จน | johnM | [most commonly used term] [is] poor; penniless; having nothing; impoverished | |
| ตกต่ำ | dtohkL dtamL | [is] in decline; be depressed; in recession | |
| ถังแตก | thangR dtaaekL | [is] broke; without money | |
| ทุคตะ | thookH khaH dtaL | [is] poor; distressed; wretched; indigent | |
| ฝืดเคือง | feuutL kheuuangM | [is] in distress; hard-pressed (for money); difficult; | |
| ฝืดเคือง | feuutL kheuuangM | [is] out of money; flat broke | |
| ยากเข็ญ | yaakF khenR | [is] in extreme poverty; difficulty | |
| ยากจน | yaakF johnM | [is] destitute, penniless, financially or materially poor [commonly used term] | |
| ยากจนข้นแค้น | yaakF johnM khohnF khaaenH | [is] extremely destitute, impoverished, poverty-stricken and needy | |
| ยากแค้น | yaakF khaaenH | [is] impoverish; poor; indigent; impecunious; destitute; needy; penniless | |
| สิ้นไร้ไม้ตอก | sinF raiH maaiH dtaawkL | [is] impoverished; indigent | |
| ไส้เป็นน้ำเหลือง | saiF bpenM naamH leuuangR | [is] impovershed | |
| อนาถา | aL naaM thaaR | [is] destitute; impoverished; pauperized; homeless | |
| อับ | apL | unfortunately; unluckily | |
| อับจน | apL johnM | [is] impoverished; be poverty-stricken; be poor | |
| related words | ข้นแค้น | khohnF khaaenH | อัตคัด (destitute); ขัดสน (needy) |
| ขัดสน | khatL sohnR | [is] needy; in need of | |
| จน | johnM | [most commonly used term] [is] poor; penniless; having nothing; impoverished | |
| เดือนชนเดือน | deuuanM chohnM deuuanM | [is] making ends meet; [living] from month to month | |
| ร้อนเงิน | raawnH ngernM | [is] having financial difficulties; short of funds; in dire need of money | |
| ไส้แห้ง | saiF haaengF | [usually preceded by นักเขียน or นักประพันธ์] destitute; in straitened circumstances | |
| หาเช้ากินค่ำ | haaR chaaoH ginM khamF | to live from hand to mouth; [is] just able to put food on the table but not to accumulate wealth | |
| อัตคัดขัดสน | atL dtaL khatH khatL sohnR | on one's uppers; (to live) in straitened circumstances; destitute; penniless; down and out; impoverished; indigent; insolvent; moneyless; penurious; poor; poverty-stricken | |
| example | อัตคัดขัดสน | atL dtaL khatH khatL sohnR | on one's uppers; (to live) in straitened circumstances; destitute; penniless; down and out; impoverished; indigent; insolvent; moneyless; penurious; poor; poverty-stricken |
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