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| ฉันท์ chanR |  |
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| 1. | [a type of Thai versification with metrical composition derived from India] |
| 2. | pleasurable; beloved; preferable |
| 3. | consent; approval |
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ฉัน |
| IPA | tɕʰǎn |
| Royal Thai General System | chan |
| alternate spelling | ฉันทะ | chanR thaH | |
| 1. [noun] | |||
| definition | [a type of Thai versification with metrical composition derived from India] | ||
| classifier | บท  | bohtL | [numerical classifier for articles in books, textbooks, magazines, newspapers; songs, poems, stanzas] |
| categories | |||
| related words | กลอน | glaawnM | [a type of Thai versification] |
กลอนตลาด | glaawnM dtaL laatL | [a certain form of Thai poetry] | |
| กลอนแปด | glaawnM bpaaetL | [a certain type of Thai poetry which has eight syllables per line] | |
| กวีวัจนะ | gaL weeM watH naH | [a kind of Thai stanza or verse composed of varying types of poetic feet] | |
| กาพย์ | gaapL | Gavya [a type of Thai versification] | |
| กาพย์ยานี | gaapL yaaM neeM | [a type of Thai metrical verse with eleven words or syllables] | |
| โคลง | khlo:hngM | [a type of Thai versification] rhyming poem; verse in rhyme; verse | |
| โคลงสี่สุภาพ | khlo:hngM seeL sooL phaapF | a poem with a certain type of rhyming scheme | |
| งานประพันธ์ | ngaanM bpraL phanM | [poem, poetry, prose, novel, essay, etc.] composition; writing; written work | |
| งานร้อยกรอง | ngaanM raawyH graawngM | poetry; poem | |
| งานร้อยแก้ว | ngaanM raawyH gaaeoF | prose; novel | |
| ฉันทะลักษณ์ | chanR thaH lakH | a rhyme scheme; prosody; poetics; [name of a book on versification] | |
| นวนิยาย | naH waH niH yaaiM | a novel, a book of a fictional story, an invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex and deals especially with, for example, true stories or accounts, folktales or folklores, imagination, human experiences, through a usually connected sequence of events | |
| นิพนธ์ | niH phohnM | to write; compose; writing; composing; composition | |
| นิยาย | niH yaaiM | novel, a book of a fictional story | |
| นิราศ | niH raatF | [a kind of] long lyrical Thai poetry with eight (กลอนแปด) or nine (กลอนเก้า) syllables per line composed mainly on the theme of departure from one's residence—particularly parting from and thus yearning to return to a loved one. The most celebrated and prolific Niraat poet in the Thai poetic tradition is ท่านสุนทรภู่ | |
| ปกิณกคดี | bpaL giL naH gaL khaH deeM | (of magazine) variety, assorted stories or prose | |
| ร่าย | raaiF | [a type of Thai versification] | |
| เรื่องโกหกเหลวไหล | reuuangF go:hM hohkL laayoR laiR | hot air | |
| เรื่องงมงาย | reuuangF ngohmM ngaaiM | myth (untrue); tall story | |
| เรื่องแต่ง | reuuangF dtaengL | a fiction; an imaginary story | |
เรื่องแต่งร้อยแก้วซึ่งยาวและซับซ้อนกว่าเรื่องสั้น reuuangF dtaengL raawyH gaaeoF seungF yaaoM laeH sapH saawnH gwaaL reuuangF sanF novella (a tale or short story of the type contained in Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron; a fictional prose narrative that is longer and more complex than a short story; a short novel or a long short story) | |||
| เรื่องที่ประดิษฐ์ขึ้น | reuuangF theeF bpraL ditL kheunF | a fiction; an imaginary story | |
| เรื่องที่เล่ากันมา | reuuangF theeF laoF ganM maaM | oral account | |
| เรื่องนักสืบ | reuuangF nakH seuupL | detective fiction | |
| เรื่องปรัมปรา | reuuangF bpaL ramM bpaL raaM | myth (untrue) | |
| เรื่องโม้ | reuuangF mo:hH | (to spin a) yarn; a tall tale | |
| เรื่องยาวร้อยแก้ว | reuuangF yaaoM raawyH gaaeoF | novel or an invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex and deals especially with, for example, true stories or accounts, folktales or folklores, imagination, human experiences, through a usually connected sequence of events. | |
| เรื่องเริงรมย์ | reuuangF reerngM rohmM | a fiction; an imaginary story | |
| เรื่องเล่า | reuuangF laoF | tale; story; word of mouth | |
| เรื่องสมมติ | reuuangF sohmR mootH | fiction; an imagined; feigned; invented; made-up story | |
| เรื่องสั้นขนาดยาว | reuuangF sanF khaL naatL yaaoM | novelette (a short or brief novel; a long short story) | |
| เรื่องสั้นเยาวชน | reuuangF sanF yaoM waH chohnM | youth or juvenile short story | |
| เรื่องอ่านเล่น | reuuangF aanL lenF | a fiction; an imaginary story | |
| ลิลิต | liH litH | [a kind of Thai stanza or verse composed of varying types of poetic feet] | |
| เลบง | laH baehngM | [often used with poetry writing] to compose; to write; to make | |
| วจีวิภาค | waH jeeM wiH phaakF | [formal term] the Eight Part of Speech; [name of a book on part of speech] | |
| วากยสัมพันธ์ | waakF gaL yaH samR phanM | [formal term] syntax; [name of a grammar book on syntax] | |
| อักขรวิธี | akL khaL raL wiH theeM | [formal term] orthography; rules of spelling, reading and writing; [name of a book on spelling rules] | |
| example | ฉันทะลักษณ์ | chanR thaH lakH | a rhyme scheme; prosody; poetics; [name of a book on versification] |
| 2. [adjective, loanword, Pali] | |||
| definition | pleasurable; beloved; preferable | ||
| example | เดียดฉันท์ | diiatL chanR | to dislike; to detest; to abhor |
| 3. [noun] | |||
| definition | consent; approval | ||
| examples | เอกฉันท์ | aehkL gaL chanR | unanimity; one voice |
| ใบมอบฉันทะ | baiM maawpF chanR thaH | power of attorney [document]; proxy | |
| มอบฉันทะ | maawpF chanR thaH | to authorize, empower; provide a proxy for | |
| รับมอบฉันทะ | rapH maawpF chanR thaH | to receive authorization; be authorized; receive a proxy to do something | |
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