ประจาน(bprà-jaan)

Meanings

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[to] shame publicly; expose

to publicly reveal or display someone’s faults, mistakes, or wrongdoing in order to shame or humiliate them

Examples

ครูkruuครูkruu1teacher2master; mentor (respectful)3teacher (classifier; formal)เตือนdteuuanเตือนdteuuan1[to] warn2[to] remind3[to] caution; admonishว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeอย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offเอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasis7[to] have sex (vulgar slang)รูปrôopรูปrôop1picture; photo; image2shape; form; figure3physique; body shape4Buddha image; statue5grammatical formเพื่อนpêuuanเพื่อนpêuuan1friend2classmate; colleague (peer)3companion; fellowลงlongลงlong1[to] go down; descend2[to] put; apply; record3[to] decrease; go down4[to] land; alight5down; downstream6downstream; southbound7[to] get off (vehicle)ออนไลน์on-laaiออนไลน์on-laai1online (connected to the internet)2online; on the internet; digitallyเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofประจานbprà-jaanประจานbprà-jaan[to] shame publicly; exposeเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hill
The teacher warned not to post a friend's photo online to shame them.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ประbpràประbprà1[to] stud/embellish2Buddhist honorific prefix3studded/embellished4approximate/regular (bound prefix)Part 1
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จานjaanจานjaan1plate; dish (tableware)2dish antenna; satellite dish3classifier for plates/servingsPart 2
ประจานbprà-jaanประจานbprà-jaan[to] shame publicly; expose