นางมาร
naang-maanMeanings
1NounB2
female demon
A female demon or evil spirit.
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)นิทานní-taanนิทานní-taantale; story (traditional/children’s)เรื่องrʉ̂ʉangเรื่องrʉ̂ʉang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3classifier for stories/films/cases4about; regarding (as a topic marker)นี้níiนี้níi1this2this oneนางมารnaang-maanนางมารnaang-maan1female demon2wicked woman (derogatory)อาศัยอยู่aa-sǎi-yùuอาศัยอยู่aa-sǎi-yùu[to] live; reside; dwell; inhabitในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)ถ้ำtâmถ้ำtâmcave; cavernและlɛ́และlɛ́and (coordinating)จับjàpจับjàp1[to] hold; grasp2[to] touch; feel3[to] catch; seize; capture4[to] arrest5[to] perch (of a bird)6[to] detect; pick up; sense7[to] attack; come on (of fever)8[to] settle on; stick to a surfaceคนkonคนkon1person; human2classifier: people3[to] stir; mix by stirringที่tîiที่tîi1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerหลงป่าlǒng-bpàaหลงป่าlǒng-bpàa[to] get lost in the forestไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyกินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] take medicine (colloquial)4[to] consume; use up5[to] corrode; erode; eat into6[to] take (a bribe); pocket7[to] capture; take (a piece in a board game)
In this tale, a female demon lives in a cave and captures people who get lost in the forest to eat them.
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นางมารnaang-maanแปลงร่างbplɛɛng-râangเป็นbpenหญิงสาวyǐng-sǎaoแต่dtɛ̀ɛพระเอกprá-èekจำเสียงjam-sǐiangของมันkɔ̌ɔng-manได้dâai
The female demon transformed into a young woman, but the hero recognized her voice.
ทันทีที่tan-tii-tîiฤๅษีrʉʉ-sǐiเริ่มrə̂əmสวดมนต์sùuat-monนางมารnaang-maanก็gɔ̂ส่งsòngเสียงกรีดร้องsǐiang-grìit-rɔ́ɔngและlɛ́หายไปhǎai-bpaiในกลุ่มnai-glùmควันดำkwan-dam
As soon as the hermit began chanting, the female demon screamed and vanished in a cloud of black smoke.
ตามdtaamตำนานdtam-naanนางมารnaang-maanจะjàออกɔ̀ɔkมาล่อลวงmaa-lɔ̂ɔ-luuangผู้pûuที่เดินtîi-dəənทางผ่านtaang-pàanป่าbpàaในnaiยามค่ำคืนyaam-kâm-kʉʉnเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaพาไปpaa-bpaiยังyangถ้ำtâmที่tîiไม่มีmâi-miiใครkraiเคยkəəiกลับglàpออกมาɔ̀ɔk-maa
According to legend, a female demon emerges to lure those traveling through the forest at night into a cave from which no one has ever returned.
2NounB2
wicked woman (derogatory)
An insulting term for a woman seen as cruel or harmful to others.
Examples
เธอterเธอter1you (informal; familiar)2she; herชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)ทำร้ายจิตใจtam ráai jìt jaiทำร้ายจิตใจtam ráai jìt jai[to] hurt [sb]'s feelingsคนอื่นkon èunคนอื่นkon èun1other people; others2someone else; another personเพื่อนpêuuanเพื่อนpêuuan1friend2companion; peer (classmate, colleague)ๆ-เลยloieเลยloie1at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)2so; thus; then (immediate result)3completely; absolutely (emphasis)4[to] pass; go beyond; exceedเรียกrîakเรียกrîak1[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); name2[to] call out; summon; hail3[to] ask for; charge; demand4[to] draw attention; bring out a reactionเธอterเธอter1you (informal; familiar)2she; herว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeนางมารnaang maanนางมารnaang maan1female demon2wicked woman (derogatory)
She often hurts other people's feelings, so her friends call her a cruel witch.
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เขาkǎoด่าdàaเจ้านายjâo-naaiว่าwâaนางมารnaang-maanเพราะprɔ́เธอtəəชอบchɔ̂ɔpกลั่นแกล้งglàn-glɛ̂ɛngลูกน้องlûuk-nɔ́ɔng
He called his boss a wicked woman because she often bullies her staff.
หลังจากlǎng-jàakเธอtəəไล่lâiคนงานkon-ngaanออกɔ̀ɔkโดยdooiไม่mâiจ่ายjàaiค่าจ้างkâa-jâangหลายคนlǎai-konก็gɔ̂ประณามbprà-naamเธอtəəว่าwâaเป็นbpenนางมารnaang-maanที่tîiไร้ráiความเมตตาkwaam-mêet-dtaa
After she fired the workers without paying their wages, many people condemned her as a heartless witch.
เธอtəəเสียใจsǐia-jaiที่tîiถูกtùukด่าว่าdàa-wâaเป็นbpenนางมารnaang-maanเพราะprɔ́คนพูดkon-pûutตัดสินdtàt-sǐnว่าwâaเธอtəəใจร้ายjai-ráaiทั้งที่táng-tîiยังyangไม่mâiรู้rúuข้อเท็จจริงkɔ̂ɔ-tét-jing
Being called a wicked woman upset her because the speaker had judged her as cruel without knowing the facts.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
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How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ง, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
naang
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |
Word Breakdown
นางnaangนางnaang1lady; woman (formal/literary; honorific)2Mrs. (title before a name)3female role; female character (traditional theatre)4she; her (literary or informal)lady; woman (formal/literary; honorific)Part 1
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มารmaanมารmaan1Māra; tempter in Buddhism2evil spirit; demon3bane; cause of sufferingMāra; tempter in BuddhismPart 2
นางมารnaang-maanนางมารnaang-maanfemale demonfemale demonWord