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| บวช buaatL |  |
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| 1. | บวช | buaatL | to become ordained; to enter monkhood or priesthood |
| 2. | นักบวช | nakH buaatL | ascetic; clergyman; priest; hermit |
| 3. | การบวช | gaanM buaatL | ordination |
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | บวด |
| IPA | bùːat |
| Royal Thai General System | buat |
| 1. [verb, intransitive, colloquial] | |||
| definition | to become ordained; to enter monkhood or priesthood | ||
| examples | บวชเณร  | buaatL naehnM | ordain into novicehood; go into novicehood |
| บวชพระ | buaatL phraH | go into monkhood; ordain into monkhood | |
| ออกบวช | aawkL buaatL | to leave the secular world for monkhood; to ordain; to enter monkhood or priesthood | |
| บวชเรียน | buaatL riianM | to be ordained into monkhood | |
| กล้วยบวชชี | gluayF buaatL cheeM | banana in coconut milk | |
| พิธีบวช | phiH theeM buaatL | ordination ceremony | |
| sample sentences | |||
มีหลายคนเคยเสนอให้เขาบวช มีทั้งเสนอในเชิงกลยุทธ์ และเสนอเพื่อให้ธรรมกล่อมเกลาจิตใจ meeM laaiR khohnM kheeuyM saL nuuhrR haiF khaoR buaatL meeM thangH saL nuuhrR naiM cheerngM gohnM laH yootH laeH saL nuuhrR pheuuaF haiF thamM glaawmL glaoM jitL jaiM "Many people recommended that he become ordained to obtain both a strategic benefit and to allow him to train his mind." | |||
เขาคิดขึ้นว่าอายุของตัวเองก็ใกล้เบญจเพส จะตายโหงเมื่อไรก็ยังไม่รู้ ก็เลยตัดสินใจบวช khaoR khitH kheunF waaF aaM yooH khaawngR dtuaaM aehngM gaawF glaiF baehnM jaL phaehtF jaL dtaaiM ho:hngR meuuaF raiM gaawF yangM maiF ruuH gaawF leeuyM dtatL sinR jaiM buaatL "He has been thinking that he has reached the age of 25 years already (and) he might die at any time; here therefore decided to become ordained (as a monk)." | |||
ผมโกหกเพื่อนว่าจะไปงานบวชญาติที่ต่างจังหวัดกับครอบครัว จึงขอตัวกลับก่อน phohmR go:hM hohkL pheuuanF waaF jaL bpaiM ngaanM buaatL yaatF theeF dtaangL jangM watL gapL khraawpF khruaaM jeungM khaawR dtuaaM glapL gaawnL "I told my friends a white lie that I had to go to an ordination ceremony for a relative with my family out of town so I had to leave [the game] early." | |||
| 2. นักบวช nakH buaatL [noun, formal] | |||
| definition | ascetic; clergyman; priest; hermit | ||
| classifiers | รูป | ruupF | [numerical classifier for Buddhist priests, photographs] |
| องค์ | ohngM | [numerical classifier for Buddhist monks, priests from other religions, pagodas, Buddha images, kings, royal property, gods and goddesses] | |
| categories | |||
| synonym | บรรพชิต | bapL chitH | priest; monk; clergyman |
| related word | นักพรต | nakH phrohtH | ascetic; hermit; recluse; anchorite; saint |
| sample sentence | ไม่มีหน่วยงานภาครัฐหรือคณะนักบวชที่มาคอยชี้นิ้วว่าอันนั้นผิดอันนี้ถูก maiF meeM nuayL ngaanM phaakF ratH reuuR khaH naH nakH buaatL theeF maaM khaawyM cheeH niuH waaF anM nanH phitL anM neeH thuukL "No government authority or group of clergy wagged a finger, telling [them] this or that was right or wrong." | ||
| 3. การบวช gaanM buaatL [noun] | |||
| definition | ordination | ||
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