ทัณฑฆาต

Etymology
From, from + ; or from , from  + ; equivalent to 🇨🇬 🇰🇲. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  execution by beating one to death with a stick.
 * 1)  execution by beating one to death with a stick.

Usage notes

 * In modern usage, the mark is used as follows:
 * Placed above a consonant letter to indicate that the letter is silent, such as, in which is silent.
 * Placed above a consonant letter to indicate that the letter and some other consonant letters preceding it are silent, such as, in which and  are silent.
 * Placed above a vowel mark to indicate that the vowel is silent, such as, in which the vowel is silent.
 * In old usage, the mark is also used as follows:
 * Placed above a letter in a borrowed word to indicate that the letter closes the syllable, as and.
 * Placed above a letter in a 🇨🇬 or 🇨🇬 statement to indicate that the letter closes the related syllable, as . In modern usage, this mark is replaced by the mark, and the exampled statement would be written.
 * A letter or group of letters affected by this mark is called . For example:
 * ษ์ [ + this tan-tá-kâat mark] in the word is called sɔ̌ɔ gaa-ran.
 * ทร์ [ and + this tan-tá-kâat mark] in the word  is called tɔɔ rɔɔ gaa-ran.