คฤห์
kréuMeaning
1NounC2
house; home
house; home; dwelling (typically used in literary contexts or as a root in compound words)
Examples
คำว่าkam wâaคำว่าkam wâathe word/term (introductory marker)คฤหาสน์ká-hàatคฤหาสน์ká-hàatmansion; manorที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] tell [sb] to do [sth]; assign; orderกันganกันgan1together; together with2each other; one another (post-verb marker)3[to] prevent; keep [sth] out; ward off; block4protective; resistant to; -proof5I; me (informal, male speech)6[to] set aside; reserve; earmarkทั่วไปtûua bpaiทั่วไปtûua bpai1general; common2widespread; prevalent3generally; widely; throughoutมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoรากศัพท์râak sàpรากศัพท์râak sàp1word root; root morpheme2etymologyมาจากmaa jàakมาจากmaa jàak1[to] come from; be from (source/origin)2[to] originate/derive from3[to] result from; be due toคำว่าkam wâaคำว่าkam wâathe word/term (introductory marker)คฤห์kréuคฤห์kréuhouse; homeซึ่งsêungซึ่งsêung1which; that (relative pronoun)2which/and this; introducing explanationแปลว่าbplae wâaแปลว่าbplae wâa1[to] mean (of a word/symbol); signify2[to] translate as3that means; which means; in other wordsที่อยู่อาศัยtîi yòo aa-săiที่อยู่อาศัยtîi yòo aa-săi1residence; dwelling; housing2housing (collective); accommodation
The word 'Kharuhat' (mansion) that we generally use has its root in the word 'Kharu', which means dwelling.
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แม้máeคำว่าkam wâaคฤห์kréuจะjàมีความหมายmee kwaam-măaiแปลว่าbplae wâaเรือนreuuanแต่dtàeในnaiภาษาไทยpaa-săa taiมักmákไม่mâiปรากฏbpraa-gòtการใช้gaan cháiเป็นbpenคำโดดkam dòhtในnaiบริบทbor-rí-bòtของkŏngการสื่อสารgaan sèu săanทั่วไปtûua bpai
Although the word 'Kharu' means house, it is generally not used as a standalone word in the context of general communication in Thai.
ผู้ที่pôo têeครองเรือนkrong reuuanหรือrĕuใช้cháiชีวิตทางโลกchee-wít taang lôhkทั่วไปtûua bpaiนั้นnánทางtaangพุทธศาสนาpút-tá-sàat-sà-năaจะjàเรียกว่าrîiak wâaคฤหัสถ์ká-réu-hàtซึ่งsêungมีmeeรากศัพท์râak sàpมาจากmaa jàakคำว่าkam wâaคฤห์kréu
Those who maintain a household or live a worldly life are called 'Kharuhat' (laypeople) in Buddhism, which has its root in the word 'Kharu'.
คำว่าkam wâaคฤห์kréuในnaiภาษาpaa-săaสันสกฤตsăn-sà-grìtถูกtòokนำมาnam maaสมาสsà-màatกับgàpคำศัพท์kam sàpอื่นๆèun èunจนjonเกิดเป็นgèrt bpenการสร้างgaan sâangคำใหม่kam màiในnaiภาษาไทยpaa-săa taiที่têeสะท้อนถึงsà-tón tĕungวิวัฒนาการwí-wát-tá-naa-gaanทางtaangภาษาpaa-săa
The Sanskrit word 'Kharu' has been compounded with other words, resulting in the creation of new terms in Thai that reflect linguistic evolution.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is คฤห์ said คะ-รึ?
kréu
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableShort vowelA short vowel with no final consonant, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Short vowel → High
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 | — | — |