ปกเกล้า
bpòk glâo
Meanings
1NounC1
[to] protect as sovereign; [to] shelter (lit.)
To protect or shelter subjects under royal authority; formal/literary and chiefly in set phrases.
Examples
เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)เชื่อว่าchêuua wâaเชื่อว่าchêuua wâa1[to] believe (that) ...2it is believed that ...พระบารมีprá baa-rá-meeพระบารมีprá baa-rá-mee1royal virtue; glory2protective royal graceของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsพระองค์prá ongพระองค์prá ong1royal person; His/Her Majesty2royal third-person pronoun3royal second-person pronoun4royal classifier5royal person/body (hon.)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ปกเกล้าbpòk glâoปกเกล้าbpòk glâo1[to] protect as sovereign; [to] shelter (lit.)2under royal protection (attrib.; lit.)คุ้มครองkúm krongคุ้มครองkúm krong1[to] protect; safeguard2[to] protect under law or policyปวงชนชาวไทยbpuuang chon chaao taiปวงชนชาวไทยbpuuang chon chaao taiall Thai people; the Thai populace (formal)
We believe His Majesty's prestige will protect all Thai people.
2NounC1
under royal protection (attrib.; lit.)
Under the protection or sovereignty of the King; mainly in formal/literary set phrases.
Examples
ชาวไทยchaao taiชาวไทยchaao tai1a Thai person2the Thai peopleทุกคนtúk konทุกคนtúk koneveryone; everybodyรู้สึกrúu-sèukรู้สึกrúu-sèuk1[to] feel; sense2[to] feel (linking verb use)3[to] feel that…; think (impression/opinion)อบอุ่นใจòp ùn jaiอบอุ่นใจòp ùn jai1comforted; heart-warmed2[to] feel heart-warmed; feel reassuredที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)อาศัยอยู่aa-săi yòoอาศัยอยู่aa-săi yòo[to] live; reside; dwell; inhabitใต้dtâiใต้dtâi1under; beneath; below2southern region; the South3southern; of the South (often as prefix ใต้-)4below; underneath (adverb)ร่มพระบรมโพธิสมภารrôm prá-bò-rom-má-pô-tí-sŏm-paanร่มพระบรมโพธิสมภารrôm prá-bò-rom-má-pô-tí-sŏm-paanthe monarch’s benevolent protection; under the king's graceของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsพระองค์prá ongพระองค์prá ong1royal person; His/Her Majesty2royal third-person pronoun3royal second-person pronoun4royal classifier5royal person/body (hon.)ผู้pôoผู้pôo1person; one who … (agentive prefix)2person; people (as a standalone noun in formal/register-bound uses)ทรงเป็นsong bpenทรงเป็นsong bpen[to] be; serve as (royal language)ที่พึ่งtêe pêungที่พึ่งtêe pêung1refuge; support2last resortปกเกล้าbpòk glâoปกเกล้าbpòk glâo1[to] protect as sovereign; [to] shelter (lit.)2under royal protection (attrib.; lit.)
All Thais feel heartwarmed to live under the royal protection of His Majesty, who is our dependable shelter.
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ปกเกล้าbpòk glâoปกเกล้าbpòk glâo[to] protect as sovereign; [to] shelter (lit.)