ตบะ(dtà-bà)

Meanings

1NounB2

self-restraint; willpower (figurative)

strong self-control or restraint in a general, non-religious sense (figurative usage)

Examples

พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyเห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asเค้กkékเค้กkékcake (sweet baked dessert)ชิ้นchínชิ้นchín1classifier: pieces/items2piece; item; fragment; sliceโปรดbpròhtโปรดbpròht1please (formal/request)2favor; like; be fond of (formal)3favorite; preferred (formal modifier)ตบะdtà-bàตบะdtà-bà1ascetic discipline; austerity; penance2spiritual power from austerity or virtue; inner heat3self-restraint; willpower (figurative)ของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerแตกdtàekแตกdtàek1[to] crack; break; shatter2[to] burst; rupture3broken; cracked4[to] split up; fall apart (figurative)5[to] leak out; be revealed (slang)6[to] ejaculate; climax (slang)ทันทีtan teeทันทีtan tee1immediately; at once2as soon as; the moment that (ทันทีที่)
As soon as he saw his favorite piece of cake, his self-control broke immediately.
2NounC1

ascetic discipline; austerity; penance

strict self-denial and hard practices for spiritual purity or progress

Examples

พระสงฆ์prá sŏngพระสงฆ์prá sŏng1the monastic order; Buddhist clergy2a monk (formal/literary)บำเพ็ญตบะbam-pen dtà-bàบำเพ็ญตบะbam-pen dtà-bà[to] practice asceticism; [to] observe austeritiesในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ป่าbpàaป่าbpàa1forest; woodland2the wild; wilderness3jungle (tropical forest)4wild; uncultivated (of land)เพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofแสวงหาsà-wăeng hăaแสวงหาsà-wăeng hăa[to] seek; [to] pursue; [to] look for; [to] strive forการหลุดพ้นgaan lùt pónการหลุดพ้นgaan lùt pón1release; deliverance; freedom2spiritual liberation (Buddhist)
The monk is performing ascetic practices in the forest to seek liberation.
3NounC2

spiritual power from austerity or virtue; inner heat

spiritual power believed to come from strict practice or great virtue; often imagined as inner heat

Examples

กล่าวกันว่าglàao gan wâaกล่าวกันว่าglàao gan wâait is said that; reportedlyฤาษีreu-sĕeฤาษีreu-sĕehermit; ascetic sage (rishi); recluseโบราณboh-raanโบราณboh-raan1traditional; old-fashioned2in ancient times; in the old days3ancient; antiqueมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoตบะdtà-bàตบะdtà-bà1ascetic discipline; austerity; penance2spiritual power from austerity or virtue; inner heat3self-restraint; willpower (figurative)แก่กล้าgàe glâaแก่กล้าgàe glâa1seasoned; highly skilled; accomplished2intense; strong; powerfulสามารถsăa-mâatสามารถsăa-mâat1able; capable2ability; capability3talented; competentแผดเผาpàet pǎoแผดเผาpàet pǎo1[to] scorch; sear; burn fiercely [sth]2[to] torment; sear emotionally [sb]สิ่งsìngสิ่งsìng1thing; object; entity2matter; issue3classifier for matters/cases (formal)ชั่วร้ายchûua ráaiชั่วร้ายchûua ráai1evil; wicked2malicious; harmfulให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitมอดไหม้mòt mâiมอดไหม้mòt mâi[to] burn down completely; [to] be burned to ashesได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreed
It is said that the ancient hermit possessed immense spiritual power, capable of burning evil things to ashes.