จัณฑ์(jan)

Meanings

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fierce; cruel

fierce, cruel, savage, or harsh (typically used in literary or formal contexts)

Examples

พญาpá-yaaพญาpá-yaa1ruler; king; lord (historical)2honorific prefix for great beings3chief; great one (for animals/plants)ช้างcháangช้างcháangelephantสารsăanสารsăan1substance; material2message; content3essence; substance (figurative)4suffix meaning ‘-logy/-graphy/-nomy/-ics’ (bound morpheme)5letter; epistle (formal/literary)ตัวนั้นdtuua nánตัวนั้นdtuua nánthat one [animal, item]มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoนิสัยní-săiนิสัยní-săi1habit2character; disposition3temper; behavioral trait (good/bad)ดุดุ1strict; stern; scolding2fierce; aggressive; ferocious3ominous; inauspiciousจัณฑ์janจัณฑ์janfierce; cruelเมื่อmêuuaเมื่อmêuua1when; at the time that2when (past time marker)ตกdtòkตกdtòk1[to] fall; drop2(rain/snow) fall3[to] fail (an exam/test)4[to] end up at; be assigned to; be allotted5[to] be left out; miss one’s turn6[to] cost; come to7[to] be startled; be alarmed8[to] drop; decline; decreaseมันmanมันman1it (thing/animal)2he/she (colloquial, impolite)3greasy; oily; fatty4starchy tuber (yam, taro, etc.)5oil/fat (substance)6creamy; rich (texture/taste)7fun; thrilling; highly entertainingควาญช้างkwaan cháangควาญช้างkwaan cháangmahout; elephant handlerจึงjeungจึงjeung1therefore; so; thus2only then; then (as a result)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightล่ามโซ่lâam sôhล่ามโซ่lâam sôh[to] chain [sb/sth] upไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reserveอย่างแน่นหนาyàang nâen năaอย่างแน่นหนาyàang nâen năa1securely; tightly; firmly2sturdily; solidly3under tight security; heavily (guarded)
That great elephant has a fierce nature when in musth, so the mahout must chain it tightly.