ทมิฬ(tá-min)

Meanings

1Proper nounB2

Tamil (people/language)

The Tamil people or the Tamil language of South Asia; also relating to their culture.

Examples

เพื่อนร่วมงานpêuuan rûuam ngaanเพื่อนร่วมงานpêuuan rûuam ngaancoworker; colleague; workmateของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mineเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsชาวchaaoชาวchaao1people (of); inhabitants; natives; folk2resident; member of a group3of; belonging to (as a modifier)ทมิฬtá-minทมิฬtá-min1Tamil (people/language)2cruel; savage (literary/archaic, pejorative)จากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)ศรีลังกาsĕe lang-gaaศรีลังกาsĕe lang-gaaSri Lanka (country)
My colleague is a Tamil person from Sri Lanka.
2AdjectiveC1

cruel; savage (literary/archaic, pejorative)

Cruel, brutal, or savage; an old or literary use now considered pejorative.

Examples

โจรjohnโจรjohn1thief; robber2bandit; brigand3pirate; bandit (contextual)ใจทมิฬjai tá-minใจทมิฬjai tá-minblack-hearted; cruel; mercilessบุกbùkบุกbùk1[to] push in; force one’s way in; make an aggressive move (figurative)2devil's tongue; konjac (Amorphophallus konjac)3[to] invade; storm; raid; chargeปล้นbplônปล้นbplôn1[to] rob [sb/sth]; [to] commit robbery2[to] loot; [to] plunder3robbery; lootingร้านทองráan tongร้านทองráan tonggold shopอย่างyàangอย่างyàang1kind; type; sort2manner; way3in the manner of; -ly4classifier (for kinds/types)อุกอาจùk àatอุกอาจùk àatbrazen; audacious; daring (esp. of crimes)กลางวันglaang wanกลางวันglaang wan1daytime; daylight hours2by day; during the dayแสกๆsàek-sàekแสกๆsàek-sàek1bluntly; openly; to one’s face2squarely; head-on (impact)
The cruel-hearted robber brazenly robbed the gold shop in broad daylight.

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