ธัมโม(tam-moh)
Meanings
1InterjectionB1
[!] good heavens; oh dear
An exclamation expressing surprise, shock, pity, or dismay, often in a Buddhist-flavored expression
Examples
พุทโธpút-tohพุทโธpút-toh1Buddho; “Buddho” meditation word2[!] Buddho! (devotional utterance)ธัมโมtam-mohธัมโมtam-moh1[!] good heavens; oh dear2Dhamma; Buddhist teachingทำไมtam maiทำไมtam mai1why (question word)2why (expressing disbelief/complaint)รถrótรถrót1vehicle (general)2car; automobile3train (only in compounds)4classifier: vehiclesถึงtĕungถึงtĕung1to; toward (recipient/goal)2even; so ... that; to the point that3as far as; concerning (formal)4to; until; up to5[to] arrive; reachชนchonชนchon1[to] crash; collide2people; tribe; class3[to] clink (glasses); toast4cl. for social classes/types (rare)กันganกันgan1each other; one another (post-verb marker)2[to] prevent; keep [sth] out; ward off; block3classifier: panel; partition; screen (rare)4together; together with5protective; preventive (modifier)6I; me (informal, male speech)แรงraengแรงraeng1strong; intense; severe2force; strength; power3hard; strongly (adverbial use)ขนาดนั้นkà-nàat nánขนาดนั้นkà-nàat nán1that much; to that extent2that size; that big
Oh my goodness! Why did the cars crash so hard?
2NounB2
Dhamma; Buddhist teaching
The Dhamma or Buddhist doctrine; a Pali form used in religious, formal, or chanting contexts
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)บทสวดมนต์bòt sùuat monบทสวดมนต์bòt sùuat monprayer; chantเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)กล่าวglàaoกล่าวglàao1[to] say; state; mention (formal)2[to] accuse; charge (in compounds)3aforementioned (as ที่กล่าวมา/ดังกล่าว)คำบูชาkam boo-chaaคำบูชาkam boo-chaawords of worship; prayer textคุณพระkun práคุณพระkun prá1[!] Oh my!; Good heavens!2the protective virtues of the Triple Gem3honorific title for a nobleman (archaic)พุทโธpút-tohพุทโธpút-toh1Buddho; “Buddho” meditation word2[!] Buddho! (devotional utterance)พระpráพระprá1Buddhist monk2honorific prefix/title3divine; holy (as modifier)4Buddha image; amuletธัมโมtam-mohธัมโมtam-moh1[!] good heavens; oh dear2Dhamma; Buddhist teachingและláeและláeand (coordinating)พระpráพระprá1Buddhist monk2honorific prefix/title3divine; holy (as modifier)4Buddha image; amuletสังsăngสังsăng1[to] order; command (clipped form of สั่ง)2[to] order; command (dialectal/colloquial for สั่ง)โฆ
In the chanting, we recite words of worship to the virtues of the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha.