ปางหนึ่ง(bpaang nèung)
Meanings
1AdverbB2
at one time; once (formal)
A formal or literary expression for 'at one time' or 'on one occasion', often used to introduce a past event in a narrative.
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)จำได้jam dâiจำได้jam dâi[to] remember [sth]; [to] recall [sth]; [to] recognize [sb/sth]ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeปางหนึ่งbpaang nèungปางหนึ่งbpaang nèung1in one episode/incarnation (literary/religious)2at one time; once (formal)บริเวณนี้bo-rí-wayn néeบริเวณนี้bo-rí-wayn néethis area; around hereเคยkoeiเคยkoei1ever; used to (past experience)2[used to] (past experience/habit)เป็นเพียงbpen piiangเป็นเพียงbpen piiangonly; merelyทุ่งนาtûng naaทุ่งนาtûng naarice field; paddy fieldกว้างใหญ่ไพศาลgwâang yài pai-săanกว้างใหญ่ไพศาลgwâang yài pai-săanvast; immense; extensive
I remember that at one time, this area was just a vast, wide field.
2AdverbC1
in one episode/incarnation (literary/religious)
In one particular episode, state, or incarnation, often used in a literary or religious context, such as in a story about the Buddha's life.
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ชาดกchaa-dòkชาดกchaa-dòkJātaka tales; stories of the Buddha’s past livesเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesหนึ่งnèungหนึ่งnèung1one (number)2a; one (single)3certain; particular4first; top; foremost5one (with classifier)พระพุทธเจ้าprá-pút-tá-jâoพระพุทธเจ้าprá-pút-tá-jâothe Buddha; the Enlightened Oneเคยkoeiเคยkoei1ever; used to (past experience)2[used to] (past experience/habit)เสวยพระชาติsà-wŏei prá châatเสวยพระชาติsà-wŏei prá châat[to] be born (honorific); take birth in an incarnationเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsกระต่ายgrà-dtàaiกระต่ายgrà-dtàai1hare (colloquial)2Rabbit (Chinese zodiac)3female pubic area (slang, vulgar)4rabbitในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ปางหนึ่งbpaang nèungปางหนึ่งbpaang nèung1in one episode/incarnation (literary/religious)2at one time; once (formal)
In one of the Jataka tales, the Buddha was once incarnated as a rabbit in one of his past lives.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ครั้งหนึ่งkráng nèungครั้งหนึ่งkráng nèungonce; one time
once; one time
คราวหนึ่งkraao nèungคราวหนึ่งkraao nèungonce; one time
once; one time
หนหนึ่งhŏn nèungหนหนึ่งhŏn nèungonce; one time
once; one time
ชาติหนึ่งchâat nèungชาติหนึ่งchâat nèung1one lifetime; one existence2for ages; for a very long time
- one lifetime; one existence
- for ages; for a very long time
Word Breakdown
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ปางหนึ่งbpaang nèungปางหนึ่งbpaang nèungat one time; once (formal)