วรรณกรรม(wan-ná-gam)

Meanings

1NounB1

literature; literary works

written works regarded as art or with lasting value, such as novels, poems, short stories, and plays

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)อ่านàanอ่านàan1[to] read2[to] read aloud; pronounce3[to] interpret; make sense ofวรรณกรรมwan-ná-gamวรรณกรรมwan-ná-gam1literature; literary works2literature (field of study)อย่างyàangอย่างyàang1kind; type; sort2manner; way3in the manner of; -ly4classifier (for kinds/types)นวนิยายná-wá-ní-yaaiนวนิยายná-wá-ní-yaainovelและláeและláeand (coordinating)เรื่องสั้นrêuuang sânเรื่องสั้นrêuuang sânshort story (literary genre)ก่อนนอนgòn nonก่อนนอนgòn non1before bed; before sleeping; at bedtime2bedtime (as a modifier)
I like to read literature such as novels and short stories before bed.
2NounB2

literature (field of study)

the academic field concerned with studying literary works and their contexts

Examples

เธอterเธอter1you (informal; familiar)2term of address (affectionate)3she; herลงเรียนlong riianลงเรียนlong riian[to] enroll in; register for; sign up for; take [a course/class]วิชาwi-chaaวิชาwi-chaa1subject; course; field of study2knowledge; skill; discipline3esoteric or magical arts4classifier: courses/subjectsวรรณกรรมwan-ná-gamวรรณกรรมwan-ná-gam1literature; literary works2literature (field of study)เพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofศึกษาsèuk-săaศึกษาsèuk-săa1[to] study; learn2[to] research; investigate3[to] consider; look intoฉากหลังchàak lăngฉากหลังchàak lăng1backdrop; background (physical)2background context; setting (figurative)ทางสังคมtaang săng-komทางสังคมtaang săng-kom1social; societal (as a modifier)2socially; in social terms3the social sphere/aspectของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsนิยายไทยní-yaai taiนิยายไทยní-yaai taiThai novelยุคหลังyúk lăngยุคหลังyúk lăng1later era; subsequent period2later; post- (modifier)สงครามsŏng-kraamสงครามsŏng-kraamwar
She enrolled in a literature course to study the social background of postwar Thai novels.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

วรรณwanวรรณwan1color; hue (literary/formal)2caste; social class (classical/archaic)Part 1
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กรรมgamกรรมgam1karma; deed (Buddhist moral causation)2deed; act (with moral weight)3fate; consequence; retribution4damn it; what bad luck! (colloquial)Part 2
วรรณกรรมwan-ná-gamวรรณกรรมwan-ná-gamliterature; literary works