ความโลภ(kwaam lôhp)

Meanings

1NounB2

greed

an excessive, selfish desire for more of something (especially money, possessions, or power) than is needed.

Examples

ความโลภkwaam lôhpความโลภkwaam lôhp1greed2lobha (Buddhist concept)ทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillอยากได้yàak dâiอยากได้yàak dâi[to] want (to have); would like (to get)เงินngernเงินngern1money2funds; finances3silver (metal)มากขึ้นmâak kêunมากขึ้นmâak kêun1more; increasingly2greater; more (than before)เรื่อยๆrêuuai-rêuuaiเรื่อยๆrêuuai-rêuuai1continuously; steadily2progressively; more and more3leisurely; unhurriedly4so-so; nothing specialไม่เคยmâi koieไม่เคยmâi koienever; have neverพอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merely
Greed makes him want more and more money, never satisfied.
2NounC1

lobha (Buddhist concept)

in Buddhism, a mental defilement characterized by grasping and craving; one of the roots of suffering.

Examples

ในทางnai taangในทางnai taangin terms of; in the field/aspect of [sth]พระพุทธศาสนาprá-pút-tá-sàat-sà-năaพระพุทธศาสนาprá-pút-tá-sàat-sà-năaBuddhismความโลภkwaam lôhpความโลภkwaam lôhp1greed2lobha (Buddhist concept)เป็นหนึ่งbpen nèungเป็นหนึ่งbpen nèung1[to] be the best; [to] be number one2[to] be united; [to] be as oneในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)รากเหง้าrâak ngâoรากเหง้าrâak ngâo1roots; origin; ancestry2root cause; foundationของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsความทุกข์kwaam túkความทุกข์kwaam túk1suffering; distress2hardship; adversity3dukkha (Buddhism)ทั้งปวงtáng bpuuangทั้งปวงtáng bpuuang1all; entire (formal/literary)2all (of them); everyone/everything (formal)
In Buddhism, craving is one of the roots of all suffering.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ความkwaamความkwaam1abstract noun prefix2fact; matter; affair (formal)Part 1
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โลภlôhpโลภlôhp1greedy; covetous2[to] be greedy; covetPart 2
ความโลภkwaam lôhpความโลภkwaam lôhpgreed