ปราณ(bpraan)

Meanings

1NounB2

breath; breathing

Breath; the act of breathing; respiration. (Often used in a formal or literary context).

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillกลั้นglânกลั้นglân1[to] suppress; stifle (feelings/impulses)2[to] hold in; restrain (breath/tears/urine/etc.)ลมปราณlom bpraanลมปราณlom bpraan1vital energy; life force2breath; life-breath (poetic)ขณะkà-nàขณะkà-nà1moment; period of time2while; at the time whenซ่อนตัวsôn dtuuaซ่อนตัวsôn dtuua1[to] hide (oneself); go into hiding2[to] lie low; keep a low profileจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)ผู้pôoผู้pôo1person; one who … (agentive prefix)2person; people (as a standalone noun in formal/register-bound uses)ไล่ล่าlâi lâaไล่ล่าlâi lâa1[to] chase; pursue; hunt down2[to] go after (figurative)
He held his breath while hiding from his pursuers.
2NounC1

life force; vital energy (prana)

The life force or vital energy believed to animate living beings; from Sanskrit prana.

Examples

การgaanการgaan1nominalizer2act; action; process3affair; matterฝึกโยคะfèuk yoh-káฝึกโยคะfèuk yoh-ká[to] practice yogaช่วยให้chûuai hâiช่วยให้chûuai hâi[to] enable; help [sb/sth] (to) do [sth]; make [sth] possible/easierพลังปราณpá-lang bpraanพลังปราณpá-lang bpraanlife force; vital energy; chiในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ร่างกายrâang gaaiร่างกายrâang gaai1body2physical condition; bodily healthไหลเวียนlăi wiianไหลเวียนlăi wiian1[to] circulate; flow2circulationได้ดีขึ้นdâai dee kêunได้ดีขึ้นdâai dee kêun1[to] improve; get better2[to] be better off; become more successful3better (than before)
Practicing yoga helps the life force circulate better in the body.
3NounC1

(literary) life

Life; the state of being alive, often used in a literary or formal context (e.g., สิ้นปราณสิ้นปราณsîn bpraan[to] die; [to] pass away, 'to die' or 'to lose one's life').

Examples

ทหารtá-hăanทหารtá-hăan1soldier; service member2the military; armed forces3military (as modifier)ยอมyomยอมyom1[to] agree; consent2[to] allow; permit3[to] yield; give in; submit4[to] admit (acknowledge)สละsà-làสละsà-là1[to] relinquish; renounce; give up2[to] sacrifice3salak; snake fruit4[to] peel (fruit)ปราณbpraanปราณbpraan1breath; breathing2life force; vital energy (prana)3(literary) lifeเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofปกป้องbpòk bpôngปกป้องbpòk bpông[to] protect; defendประเทศชาติbprà-têht châatประเทศชาติbprà-têht châatthe nation; the country; the state
Soldiers are willing to sacrifice their lives to protect the nation.

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