นิทานชาดก(ní-taan chaa-dòk)
Meanings
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Jataka tale; Buddhist birth story
a Buddhist story recounting one of the Buddha’s previous lives (as a bodhisattva), told to impart moral or karmic lessons; common in Thai sermons and literature
Examples
ตอนเด็กๆdton dèk-dèkตอนเด็กๆdton dèk-dèk1when (one) was a child; in childhood2one’s childhood period (noun phrase use)ยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)เล่าlâoเล่าlâo1[to] tell; narrate; recount2particle (emphasis/insistence)นิทานชาดกní-taan chaa-dòkนิทานชาดกní-taan chaa-dòkJataka tale; Buddhist birth storyให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ฟังfangฟังfang1listen2heed3[to] sound; seem (to the ear)ก่อนนอนgòn nonก่อนนอนgòn non1before bed; before sleeping; at bedtime2bedtime (as a modifier)
When I was a child, my grandmother liked to tell me Jataka tales before bed.
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นิทานชาดกní-taan chaa-dòkนิทานชาดกní-taan chaa-dòkJataka tale; Buddhist birth story