ยามสนธยา(yaam sŏn-tá-yaa)

Meanings

1NounB1

dusk; evening twilight

the time of day after sunset when light is fading; dusk; evening twilight (literary/poetic)

Examples

ท้องฟ้าtóng fáaท้องฟ้าtóng fáasky; heavensยามสนธยาyaam sŏn-tá-yaaยามสนธยาyaam sŏn-tá-yaa1dusk; evening twilight2twilight period (figurative)สวยมากsŭuai mâakสวยมากsŭuai mâakvery beautiful; gorgeous
The sky at dusk is very beautiful.
2NounB2

twilight period (figurative)

a figurative late or declining phase of life or an era, e.g., the twilight of one’s life or of a regime

Examples

ชีวิตchee-wítชีวิตchee-wít1life (one’s life; way of living)2lifetime; lifespan3life (state of being alive)นักแสดงnák sà-daengนักแสดงnák sà-daengactor; performer (gender-neutral)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsเธอterเธอter1you (informal; familiar)2term of address (affectionate)3she; herได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedเข้าสู่kâo sòoเข้าสู่kâo sòo1[to] enter; go into (a place/area)2[to] enter/transition into (a state/period/stage)ยามสนธยาyaam sŏn-tá-yaaยามสนธยาyaam sŏn-tá-yaa1dusk; evening twilight2twilight period (figurative)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
Her acting career has now entered its twilight.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ยามyaamยามyaam1time; period; at the time of (formal/lit.)2guard; watchman3watch duty; guard shift4quarter of the night (traditional)Part 1
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สนธยาsŏn-tá-yaaสนธยาsŏn-tá-yaa1twilight; dusk; nightfall2(figurative) twilight; decline; final phase3(literary) twilight; dawn; meeting of day and nightPart 2
ยามสนธยาyaam sŏn-tá-yaaยามสนธยาyaam sŏn-tá-yaadusk; evening twilight