ทางโลก(taang lôhk)
Meanings
1AdjectiveB2
secular; worldly (not religious or spiritual)
relating to ordinary, material, or lay life and concerns, as opposed to religious or spiritual matters
Examples
พระสงฆ์prá sŏngพระสงฆ์prá sŏng1the monastic order; Buddhist clergy2a monk (formal/literary)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightละláละlá1[to] quit; give up; drop; let go (of)2[to] omit; leave out; skip3topic/softening particle4each; per (spoken)ซึ่งsêungซึ่งsêung1which; that (relative pronoun)2which/and this; introducing explanationความสุขทางโลกkwaam sùk taang lôhkความสุขทางโลกkwaam sùk taang lôhkworldly happiness; secular pleasureเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofมุ่งสู่mûng sòoมุ่งสู่mûng sòo[to] head towards [somewhere]/[sth]; [to] aim for [sth]ทางธรรมtaang tamทางธรรมtaang tam1the spiritual/religious path2by spiritual/moral means
Monks must renounce worldly pleasures to pursue the spiritual path.
2NounB2
the secular sphere; worldly affairs
the realm of everyday, non-religious life; lay life as opposed to monastic or spiritual life
Examples
หลังจากlăng jàakหลังจากlăng jàak1after; subsequent to (time)2after; once (clause)บวชเรียนbùuat riianบวชเรียนbùuat riian[to] enter the monkhood to studyมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerสิบsìpสิบsìp1ten2ten- (teens)3tens place/decadeพรรษาpan-săaพรรษาpan-săa1Buddhist rains-retreat year; monastic year2rains-retreat; Buddhist Lent (three-month period)ท่านtâanท่านtâan1you (formal/polite)2he; she (honorific)3sir; madam4honorific title5classifier (polite for persons)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerตัดสินใจdtàt-sĭn-jaiตัดสินใจdtàt-sĭn-jai[to] decideลาสิกขาlaa-sìk-kăaลาสิกขาlaa-sìk-kăa[to] disrobe; leave the monkhoodเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofกลับมาglàp maaกลับมาglàp maa1[to] come back; return2[to] resume; make a comeback; be backสู่sòoสู่sòo1to; toward(s); into (formal/literary)2[to] enter; go toward (literary)ทางโลกtaang lôhkทางโลกtaang lôhk1secular; worldly (not religious or spiritual)2the secular sphere; worldly affairs
After being a monk for ten years, he decided to leave the monkhood to return to secular life.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ทางโลกีย์taang loh-geeทางโลกีย์taang loh-gee1worldly; secular (non-spiritual)2sensual; carnal
- worldly; secular (non-spiritual)
- sensual; carnal
โลกียวิสัยloh-gee-yá-wĭ-săiโลกียวิสัยloh-gee-yá-wĭ-săiworldly/secular sphere (Buddhism)
worldly/secular sphere (Buddhism)
โลกียะloh-gi-yáโลกียะloh-gi-yá1worldly; mundane; secular2sensual; carnal3the mundane sphere
- worldly; mundane; secular
- sensual; carnal
- the mundane sphere
โลกีย์loh-geeโลกีย์loh-gee1worldly; secular2sexual; sensual3worldliness; sexual or sensual pleasures
- worldly; secular
- sexual; sensual
- worldliness; sexual or sensual pleasures
โลกิยะloh-gì-yáโลกิยะloh-gì-yá1worldly; secular; mundane2the worldly realm; the mundane sphere
- worldly; secular; mundane
- the worldly realm; the mundane sphere
Word Breakdown
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โลกlôhkโลกlôhk1the world; human society2worldly; secular (attrib.)3world; realm4Earth; the planetPart 2
ทางโลกtaang lôhkทางโลกtaang lôhksecular; worldly (not religious or spiritual)