นิมิต

ní-mìt

Meanings

1NounB2

sign; omen; portent

A sign or indication thought to foreshadow a future event.

Examples

การที่gaan têeการที่gaan têethe fact that (formal; makes a clause act as a noun)อีกาee gaaอีกาee gaahouse crow; crowมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerเกาะgòrเกาะgòr1island2[to] cling; [to] hold on3[to] stick; [to] adhere4[to] dock; [to] come alongside (by boat)หลังคาบ้านlăng-kaa bâanหลังคาบ้านlăng-kaa bâanhouse roofคนโบราณkon boh-raanคนโบราณkon boh-raan1people of old; the ancients2an old-fashioned personถือว่าtĕuu wâaถือว่าtĕuu wâa1[to] consider; regard; deem2[to] be considered; count as; be deemed3it's fair to say; arguably4fairly; ratherเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsนิมิตní-mìtนิมิตní-mìt1sign; omen; portent2vision (spiritual); revelatory dream3image (mental); visualizationบอกbòkบอกbòk1[to] tell; inform2[to] ask/tell (someone to do something) (colloquial)3[to] indicate; show4[to] state; say (reporting speech)ลางร้ายlaang ráaiลางร้ายlaang ráaibad omen; portent
Ancient people considered a crow perching on the roof of a house to be an omen foreshadowing something bad.
2NounC1

vision (spiritual); revelatory dream

A meaningful inner vision or dream, often interpreted in religious or spiritual contexts.

Examples

คุณยายkun yaaiคุณยายkun yaaigrandmother; respectful term for elderly womanเล่าlâoเล่าlâo1[to] tell; narrate; recount2particle (emphasis/insistence)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeท่านtâanท่านtâan1you (formal/polite)2he; she (honorific)3sir; madam4honorific title5classifier (polite for persons)เห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asนิมิตní-mìtนิมิตní-mìt1sign; omen; portent2vision (spiritual); revelatory dream3image (mental); visualizationในฝันnai fănในฝันnai făn1in a dream2dream; ideal; dreamed-ofบอกให้bòk hâiบอกให้bòk hâi[to] tell [sb] to [do sth]ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)สร้างsâangสร้างsâang1[to] build; construct2[to] create; produce3[to] establish; found4[to] generate; developวัดwátวัดwát1to gauge; assess2Buddhist temple3to measureที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotหมู่บ้านmòo bâanหมู่บ้านmòo bâan1village; hamlet2housing estate; gated communityนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)
Grandmother said she had a vision in her dream, telling her to build a temple in this village.
3NounC1

image (mental); visualization

A mental image or visualization used as an object of contemplation, especially in meditation discourse.

Examples

ผู้ฝึกสมาธิpôo fèuk sà-maa-tíผู้ฝึกสมาธิpôo fèuk sà-maa-tímeditatorบางคนbaang konบางคนbaang konsome people; some personsใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]วิธีwí-teeวิธีwí-tee1method; way2manner; wayเพ่งpêngเพ่งpêng1[to] gaze intently; stare2[to] concentrate; focus attentionเปลวเทียนbpleo tiianเปลวเทียนbpleo tiiancandle flameเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofสร้างsâangสร้างsâang1[to] build; construct2[to] create; produce3[to] establish; found4[to] generate; developนิมิตní-mìtนิมิตní-mìt1sign; omen; portent2vision (spiritual); revelatory dream3image (mental); visualizationในใจnai jaiในใจnai jai1inwardly; to oneself2inwardly; internally
Some meditation practitioners use the method of gazing at a candle flame to create a mental image.

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