ภัตตา
pát-dtaa
Meanings
1NounC1
food; meal (formal/literary)
food or a meal; used in formal, literary, or religious contexts; less common than ภัตตาหารภัตตาหารpát-dtaa-hăan1alms-food; monks’ meal2formal: food; meal
Examples
วัดwátวัดwát1to gauge; assess2Buddhist temple3to measureได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)จัดjàtจัดjàt1[to] arrange; organize; set up2[to] provide; supply; allocate3[to] impose; levy; enforce; arrange (officially)4intense; extreme (colloquial)ภัตตาpát-dtaaภัตตาpát-dtaafood; meal (formal/literary)เรียบง่ายrîiap ngâaiเรียบง่ายrîiap ngâai1simple; plain2modest; unpretentious3minimalistเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofเลี้ยงlíiangเลี้ยงlíiang1[to] raise; bring up2[to] keep (as a pet); rear3[to] support; maintain4[to] host; treat5[to] feedผู้pôoผู้pôo1person; one who … (agentive prefix)2person; people (as a standalone noun in formal/register-bound uses)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerร่วมงานrûuam ngaanร่วมงานrûuam ngaan1[to] attend an event2[to] work together; collaborate3[to] join a workplace/team; be employed withบุญbunบุญbun1merit; good karma2benefit; favor; blessing (colloquial)3meritorious deed
The temple prepared a simple meal to serve those attending the merit-making event.