ถือวัตร(tĕu wát)
Meanings
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[to] observe religious discipline; keep precepts; follow observances
To observe Buddhist disciplines or precepts (e.g., keeping the Five or Eight Precepts, following monastic routines and observances); used for monks and laypeople, especially on observance days.
Examples
คุณยายkun yaaiคุณยายkun yaaigrandmother; respectful term for elderly womanของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mineไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ถือวัตรtĕu wátถือวัตรtĕu wát[to] observe religious discipline; keep precepts; follow observancesปฏิบัติธรรมbpà-dtì-bàt tamปฏิบัติธรรมbpà-dtì-bàt tam1Dhamma practice; Buddhist practice (activity/event)2[to] practice the Dhamma; engage in Buddhist practiceที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotวัดwátวัดwát1to gauge; assess2Buddhist temple3to measureทุกtúkทุกtúk1every; each2every (interval/frequency)วันพระwan práวันพระwan práBuddhist holy/observance day (uposatha)
My grandmother goes to the temple to observe Buddhist precepts and practice Dhamma every holy day.
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ถือวัตรtĕu wátถือวัตรtĕu wát[to] observe religious discipline; keep precepts; follow observances