ผู้พลัดถิ่น(pôo plát tìn)

Meanings

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displaced person

a person forced to leave their home or place of residence, often because of war, persecution, or natural disaster; may be within or outside their country

Examples

น้ำท่วมใหญ่náam tûuam yàiน้ำท่วมใหญ่náam tûuam yàimajor flood; great floodทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)หลายคนlăai konหลายคนlăai konmany/several peopleกลายเป็นglaai bpenกลายเป็นglaai bpen1[to] become; turn into [sth]2[to] turn out (to be) [sth/that]ผู้พลัดถิ่นpôo plát tìnผู้พลัดถิ่นpôo plát tìndisplaced personชั่วคราวchûua-kraaoชั่วคราวchûua-kraao1temporary; provisional; interim2temporarily; for the time being
The big flood caused many villagers to become temporarily displaced.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ผู้pôoผู้pôo1person; one who … (agentive prefix)2person; people (as a standalone noun in formal/register-bound uses)Part 1
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พลัดถิ่นplát tìnพลัดถิ่นplát tìn1[to] be displaced from one's homeland2displaced; exiled (from one’s homeland)Part 2
ผู้พลัดถิ่นpôo plát tìnผู้พลัดถิ่นpôo plát tìndisplaced person