พยัญชนะ(pá-yan-chá-ná)
Meanings
1NounA2
consonant (sound or letter)
A consonant; either a consonant sound or a letter representing a consonant, especially in the Thai writing system.
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ภาษาไทยpaa-săa taiภาษาไทยpaa-săa tai1Thai language2Thai (school subject)3Thai-language; in Thaiคำkamคำkam1word; term2speech; saying; utterance3classifier for words/utterancesมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoพยัญชนะpá-yan-chá-náพยัญชนะpá-yan-chá-ná1consonant (sound or letter)2Thai consonant letterและláeและláeand (coordinating)สระsàสระsà1vowel (Thai)2pond; pool3[to] wash hair; shampoo
In Thai, words have consonants and vowels.
2NounA2
Thai consonant letter
Any of the 44 consonant letters in the Thai alphabet (ก–ฮ).
Examples
ภาษาไทยpaa-săa taiภาษาไทยpaa-săa tai1Thai language2Thai (school subject)3Thai-language; in Thaiมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoพยัญชนะpá-yan-chá-náพยัญชนะpá-yan-chá-ná1consonant (sound or letter)2Thai consonant letter44ตัวdtuuaตัวdtuua1body; self; person (colloq.)2character; figure3classifier: animals, garments, furniture, certain items; people (informal)4self-/personal (attributive)
Thai has 44 consonant letters.