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ฆราวาส khaH raaM waatF |
Royal Institute - 1982 | ||||
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pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | คะ-รา-วาด |
IPA | kʰá raː wâːt |
Royal Thai General System | kharawat |
[noun, adjective, formal, loanword, Pali] | |||
definition | layman; laity; lay; life in the world; householder; nonclerical; nonreligious | ||
categories | |||
synonyms | คฤหัสถ์ | khaH reuH hatL | householder; layman; laity |
ญาติธรรม | yaaM dtiL thamM maH | member of the laity; non-monk | |
ผู้ครองเรือน | phuukF raawngM reuuanM | householder, layperson | |
related words | ช่ำชองโลก | chamF chaawngM lo:hkF | worldly; possessing a practical and often shrewd understanding of human affairs |
ทางฆราวาส | thaangM khaH raaM waatF | secular; profane; civil; earthly; lay; nonspiritual; temporal | |
ทางโลก | thaangM lo:hkF | worldly; secular; earthly; material; temporal; fleshy | |
นอกวัด | naawkF watH | secular; having no connection with religion | |
ปุถุชน | bpooL thooL chohnM | ordinary person or people; commoner; layman; nonclerical; nonreligious | |
โลกีย์ | lo:hM geeM | worldly happiness or pleasure; lust; profane | |
โลกีย์ | lo:hM geeM | worldly; secular; earthly; material; temporal; fleshy; nonclerical; nonreligious | |
โลกีย์วิสัย | lo:hM geeM wiH saiR | worldly; earthly; worldliness | |
examples | ทางฆราวาส | thaangM khaH raaM waatF | secular; profane; civil; earthly; lay; nonspiritual; temporal |
ฆราวาสวิสัย | khaH raaM waatF wiH saiR | Secularism | |