กาพย์(gàap)
Meanings
1NounC1
traditional Thai verse form
A classical Thai poetic verse form with fixed meters and set patterns (e.g., กาพย์ยานีกาพย์ยานีgàap yaa-neeKap Yanee; Thai verse form (11-syllable line), กาพย์ฉบัง), used in traditional literature.
Examples
ครูสอนkruu sŏnครูสอนkruu sŏn[to] teach (used after subject ‘teacher’)ให้เราhâi raoให้เราhâi rao1give us; give me2for us; for me3let us; allow me/usรู้จักrúu jàkรู้จักrúu jàk1[to] know; be acquainted with2[to] recognize; identify3[to] know how; be capable (from familiarity); be prudent withกาพย์ยานีgàap yaa-neeกาพย์ยานีgàap yaa-neeKap Yanee; Thai verse form (11-syllable line)และláeและláeand (coordinating)กาพย์gàapกาพย์gàaptraditional Thai verse formฉบังchà-bangฉบังchà-bangvisor; front guardซึ่งsêungซึ่งsêung1which; that (relative pronoun)2which/and this; introducing explanationเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsรูปแบบrôop bàepรูปแบบrôop bàep1form; format; pattern2design; template; model3mode; typeคำkamคำkam1word; term2speech; saying; utterance3classifier for words/utterancesประพันธ์bprà-panประพันธ์bprà-pan1[to] compose; author (literary/music)2composition; a work (literary/music)3authorship; act of composingไทยtaiไทยtai1Thai (language)2Thai; of Thailand3Thai personแบบดั้งเดิมbàep dâng-dermแบบดั้งเดิมbàep dâng-derm1traditional; old‑style; conventional2original (of the first/early form)3traditionally; in the original way
The teacher taught us about Kap Yani and Kap Chabang, which are traditional Thai verse forms.