ปาษาณ
bpaa-sǎanMeaning
1NounC2
stone; rock (literary)
A literary term for stone or rock.
Examples
รูปสลักrûup-sà-làkรูปสลักrûup-sà-làkcarving; carved statue; carved figureจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart; part from3nipa palmปาษาณbpaa-sǎanปาษาณbpaa-sǎanstone; rock (literary)ยังคงyang-kongยังคงyang-kongstill; [to] remain; [to] continue to be/have/doตั้งอยู่dtâng-yùuตั้งอยู่dtâng-yùu1[to] be located; be situated; stand2[to] be based on; rest upon (figurative)กลางglaangกลางglaang1middle; center2middle; central3in the middle; in the center4amid; in the midst of; mid-ซากsâakซากsâak1remains; ruins2carcass; animal corpse3wreck; wreckageวิหารwí-hǎanวิหารwí-hǎanviharn (Buddhist image hall)แม้mɛ́ɛแม้mɛ́ɛ1even if; although; even though2evenกาลเวลาgaan-wee-laaกาลเวลาgaan-wee-laatime; the passage of time (formal/literary)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)ลบเลือนlóp-lʉʉanลบเลือนlóp-lʉʉan1[to] fade; become faint2[to] fade from memory; be forgottenรายละเอียดraai-lá-ìiatรายละเอียดraai-lá-ìiatdetail; detailsบนbonบนbon1on; upon; in; above2upper; top3[to] vow (at a shrine)ใบหน้าbai-nâaใบหน้าbai-nâafaceไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyเกือบgʉ̀ʉapเกือบgʉ̀ʉapalmost; nearlyหมดแล้วmòt-lɛ́ɛoหมดแล้วmòt-lɛ́ɛoall gone; finished; sold out
The stone sculpture still stands amid the temple ruins, although time has erased almost all the details of its face.
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ม่านหมอกmâan mòkค่อยkôiๆ-คลี่คลุมklêe klumลานlaanปาษาณbpaa-săanราวกับraao gàpจะjàซ่อนsônร่องรอยrông roiของkŏngเมืองร้างmeuuang ráangให้hâiพ้นจากpón jàakสายตาsăai dtaaผู้มาเยือนpôo maa yeuuan
A veil of mist slowly spread over the stone courtyard, as though concealing the traces of the abandoned city from visitors' eyes.
หยาดฝนyàat-fǒnกัดกร่อนgàt-grɔ̀ɔnปาษาณbpaa-sǎanทีละน้อยtii-lá-nɔ́ɔiจนjonลวดลายlûuat-laaiที่tîiช่างchângบรรจงสลักban-jong-sà-làkไว้wáiเหลือlʉ̌ʉaเพียงpiiangร่องรอยrɔ̂ng-rɔɔiเลือนรางlʉʉan-raangของkɔ̌ɔngความงามkwaam-ngaamในอดีตnai-à-dìit
Raindrops gradually wore away the stone until the patterns so carefully carved by the artisan became mere faint traces of their former beauty.
ใต้dtâaiเงาngaoซากsâakปราสาทbpraa-sàatปาษาณbpaa-sǎanแต่ละdtɛ̀ɛ-láก้อนgɔ̂ɔnเป็นbpenประหนึ่งbprà-nʉ̀ngพยานpá-yaanไร้ráiถ้อยคำtɔ̂ɔi-kamบอกเล่าbɔ̀ɔk-lâoความรุ่งเรืองkwaam-rûng-rʉʉangและlɛ́ความkwaamร่วงโรยrûuang-rooiของkɔ̌ɔngราชธานีrâat-chá-taa-niiที่tîiถูกtùukกาลเวลาgaan-wee-laaกลืนหายไปglʉʉn-hǎai-bpai
In the shadow of the ruined palace, each stone stands as a silent witness, telling of the rise and decline of a royal capital swallowed by time.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ปาษาณ said ปา-สาน?
bpaa-sǎan
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableA long vowel with no final consonant, so it is live.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Mid tone
bpaa
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Mid class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |