ภัตตา
pát-dtaaMeaning
1NounC1
husband (literary)
A husband; a literary term derived from Pali.
Examples
นางnaangนางnaang1lady; woman (formal/literary; honorific)2Mrs. (title before a name)3female role; female character (traditional theatre)4she; her (literary or informal)นั่งnângนั่งnâng1[to] sit; sit down2[to] take; ride [sth] (vehicle)รอrɔɔรอrɔɔ1[to] wait2[to] wait for; awaitภัตตาpát-dtaaภัตตาpát-dtaahusband (literary)อยู่yùuอยู่yùu1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainหน้าบ้านnâa-bâanหน้าบ้านnâa-bâan1front of the house; frontage2front office; customer-facing sideแต่dtɛ̀ɛแต่dtɛ̀ɛ1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)เขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillยังyangยังyang1still; continuing2not yet (with ไม่)3yet? (question use)4still/even (emphatic degree)5to; towardไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)กลับglàpกลับglàp1[to] return; go/come back2[to] turn over/flip/reverse3back; in return4contrary; on the contraryจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart; part from3nipa palmป่าbpàaป่าbpàa1forest; woodland2the wild; wilderness3wild; undomesticated; uncultivated
She sat in front of the house waiting for her husband, but he had not yet returned from the forest.
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เมื่อmʉ̂ʉaทราบsâapว่าwâaภัตตาpát-dtaaต้องdtɔ̂ngออกเดินทางɔ̀ɔk-dəən-taangไกลglaiนางnaangจึงjʉngเตรียมdtriiamเสบียงsà-biiangไว้wáiให้hâiแม้mɛ́ɛในใจnai-jaiจะjàไม่mâiอยากyàakให้hâiเขาkǎoจากไปjàak-bpai
When she learned that her husband had to undertake a long journey, she prepared provisions for him, although in her heart she did not want him to leave.
แม้mɛ́ɛใครต่อใครkrai-dtɔ̀ɔ-kraiจะjàกล่าวโทษglàao-tôotภัตตาpát-dtaaว่าwâaเป็นต้นเหตุbpen-dtôn-hèetแห่งhɛ̀ngความวิบัติkwaam-wí-bàtนางnaangก็gɔ̂ยังyangยืนหยัดyʉʉn-yàtเคียงข้างkiiang-kâangเขาkǎoมิใช่mí-châiด้วยdûuaiความหลงkwaam-lǒngแต่dtɛ̀ɛด้วยdûuaiเชื่อว่าchʉ̂ʉa-wâaเขาkǎoถูกtùukปรักปรำbpràk-bpram
Although everyone blamed her husband for the calamity, she stood firmly by him—not out of blind devotion, but because she believed he had been falsely accused.
นับแต่náp-dtɛ̀ɛสูญเสียsǔun-sǐiaภัตตาpát-dtaaเรือนrʉʉanที่tîiเคยkəəiอวลuuanด้วยdûuaiเสียงหัวเราะsǐiang-hǔua-rɔ́ก็gɔ̂เงียบงันngîiap-nganราวกับraao-gàpความสุขkwaam-sùkทั้งมวลtáng-muuanได้dâaiจากไปjàak-bpaiพร้อมกับprɔ́ɔm-gàpเขาkǎo
Ever since she lost her husband, the home once filled with laughter has been silent, as though all happiness had departed with him.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ภัตตา said พัด-ตา?
pát-dtaa
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableShort vowelEnds in -ต, a stop, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
pát
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Short vowel → High
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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
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ภัตตาpát-dtaaภัตตาpát-dtaahusband (literary)husband (literary)Word