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| อำมาตย์ amM maatL |  |
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| 1. | government officer; councilor; high ranking civil servant |
| 2. | the "elite"; high-ranking civil servants |
| 3. | court official |
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | อำ-หฺมาด |
| IPA | ʔam màːt |
| Royal Thai General System | ammat |
| 1. [noun] | |||
| definition | government officer; councilor; high ranking civil servant | ||
| notes | In some disyllabic words, when the first syllable has mid- or high-class initial and the second is dead with a low-class initial, the tone of the second syllable is determined from the first syllable. | ||
| classifier | คน  | khohnM | [numerical classifier for a person or occupation] |
| related words | เสนา | saehR naaM | troops, soldiers, army |
| เสวก | saehR wohkH | official of the (royal) court | |
| เสวกามาตย์ | saehR waH gaaM maatF | court officials and councilors | |
| อำมาตยาธิปไตย | amM maaM dtaL yaaM thipH bpaL dtaiM | government by bureaucracy; government by civil servants; bureaucratic polity | |
| 2. [noun] | |||
| definition | the "elite"; high-ranking civil servants | ||
| related word | อำนาจในระบบ | amM naatF naiM raH bohpL | the "establishment" |
| 3. [noun] | |||
| definition | court official | ||
| classifier | คน | khohnM | [numerical classifier for a person or occupation] |
| special note |
This word contains an initial consonant cluster which follows the general clustered consonant tone rule. This
is the common case for clusters in which:
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