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| รามเกียรติ์ raamM maH giianM (24.) |  |
| Royal Institute - 1982 | ||||
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ราม-มะ-เกียน |
| IPA | raːm má kiːan |
| Royal Thai General System | rammakian |
| 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. | ||
| [noun, proper noun, formal, poetic, ancient, loanword, Pali] | |||
| definition | the Thai version of รามายณะ  | ||
| categories | |||
| related words | กรุงลงกา | groongM lohngM gaaM | Lanka; (ancient) Ceylon, the city of the demon king ทศกัณฐ์  (Ravana) in รามเกียรติ์ (Ramayana) |
| ทศกัณฐ์ | thohtH saL ganM | the 'ten-necked' Ravana—the demon king of กรุงลงกา (the Lanka City) in รามเกียรติ์ (Ramayana) | |
| นางสีดา | naangM seeR daaM | Rama's lover Sita, a character from the Ramayana epic | |
| พระนารายณ์ | phraH naaM raaiM | [Hinduism] Narayana (Vishnu), another name for รามา (Rama), the hero of the Ramayana epic | |
| พระราม | phraH raamM | Rama, the hero character in the Ramayana epic, believed to be the avatar of พระนารายณ์ | |
| พระลักษมณ์ | phraH lakH | พระราม's brother in รามเกียรติ์ | |
| พระวิษณุ | phraH witH saL nooH | [Hinduism] (in popular Hinduism) a deity believed to have descended from heaven to earth in several incarnations, or avatars, varying in number from nine to twenty-two, but always including animals. His most important human incarnation is the Krishna of the Bhagavad-Gita | |
| พระวิษณุ | phraH witH saL nooH | [Hinduism] (in later Hinduism) "the Preserver," the second member of the ตรีมูรติ (Trimurti), along with พระพรหม (Brahma the Creator) and พระศิวะ (Shiva the Destroyer) | |
| ยักษ์ | yakH | [a character from the Ramayana epic, a] giant [or] demon | |
| ราพณาสูร | raapF phaH naaM suunR | Ravana, a demon king in the Ramayana epic | |
| รามา | raaM maaM | Rama, the hero and main character of the Ramayana epic, believed to be the avatar of พระนารายณ์ | |
| รามายณะ | raaM maaM yaH naH | Ramayana [name of the Indian literature on which the Thai counterpart รามเกียรติ์ is based] | |
| วิษณุกรรม | witH nooH gamM | the architect of the gods in Hindu mythology | |
| หนุมาน | haL nooH maanM | Hanuman, the monkey king from the Ramayana epic | |
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