กัป
gàpMeaning
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aeon; vast age (cosmology)
An aeon; an immeasurably long period of time, especially as a unit of cosmic time in Buddhist and Hindu cosmology.
Examples
ในทางnai-taangในทางnai-taangin terms of; in the field/aspect of [sth]พุทธศาสนาpút-tá-sàat-sà-nǎaพุทธศาสนาpút-tá-sàat-sà-nǎaBuddhismหนึ่งnʉ̀ngหนึ่งnʉ̀ng1one (number)2a; one; a single3a certain; a particular4first; top; foremostกัปgàpกัปgàpaeon; vast age (cosmology)คือkʉʉคือkʉʉ1to be (definition/identification)2namely; that is; i.e.ระยะเวลาrá-yá-wee-laaระยะเวลาrá-yá-wee-laa1duration; length of time2period; term; time frameที่tîiที่tîi1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerยาวนานyaao-naanยาวนานyaao-naan1long-lasting; prolonged; enduring2for a long timeมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2much; a lot; greatly3many; numerousจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofนับnápนับnáp1[to] count2[to] include; be counted3[to] consider; regardไม่ได้mâi-dâaiไม่ได้mâi-dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)
In Buddhism, one 'kap' is an immeasurably long period of time.
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ว่ากันว่าwâa-gan-wâaโลกlôokเกิดขึ้นgə̀ət-kʉ̂nและlɛ́ดับไปdàp-bpaiหลายlǎaiครั้งkrángในnaiหนึ่งnʉ̀ngมหากัปmá-hǎa-gàp
It is said that the world is born and destroyed many times within one great aeon (maha-kalpa).
มีmiiคำอุปมาkam-ù-bpà-maaว่าwâaหนึ่งnʉ̀ngกัปgàpยาวนานyaao-naanกว่าgwàaเวลาที่wee-laa-tîiภูเขาpuu-kǎoทั้งtángลูกlûukจะjàสึกกร่อนsʉ̀k-grɔ̀ɔnหมดmòtจากjàakการใช้gaan-cháiผ้าpâaลูบlûupทุกtúkร้อยปีrɔ́ɔi-bpii
There is a parable that one aeon is longer than the time it takes for an entire mountain to erode away from being brushed by a cloth once every hundred years.
การเวียนว่ายตายเกิดgaan wiian wâai dtaai gèrtในnaiสังสารวัฏsǎng-săa-rá-wátนั้นnánยาวนานyaao naanนับnápกัปgàpไม่ถ้วนmâi tûuanจนกว่าจะjon gwàa jàบรรลุนิพพานban-lú níp-paan
The cycle of rebirth in Samsara is immeasurably long, lasting for countless aeons, until one attains Nirvana.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableEnds in -ป, a stop, so it is dead.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Low tone
gàp
Starts low and stays low, easing slightly down.
Mid class + No tone mark + Dead syllable → Low
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |