วราห์

wá-raa

Meaning

1NounC2

boar; wild boar

a wild boar or hog, especially in literary, formal, or mythological contexts

Examples

ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)คัมภีร์ปุราณะkam-pee bpù-raa-náคัมภีร์ปุราณะkam-pee bpù-raa-náthe Puranas (Hindu texts)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsฮินดูhin duuฮินดูhin duu1Hindu (person)2Hindu; of Hinduismพระวิษณุprá wít-sà-núพระวิษณุprá wít-sà-núVishnu (Hindu deity)ได้dâiได้dâi1okay; sure; agreed2[to] get; obtain; receive3can; [to] be able to; may4[to] manage to; succeed in5actualized-action markerอวตารà-wá-dtaanอวตารà-wá-dtaan1avatar (digital persona)2incarnation (descent of a deity)3[to] incarnate; manifest (as a deity) — formal/lit.ลงมาlong maaลงมาlong maa1[to] come down; descend2down toward the speaker (directional complement)3[to] decrease; come down (to a level)4up to; [number] and underเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)วราห์wá-raaวราห์wá-raaboar; wild boarเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofกอบกู้gòp gôoกอบกู้gòp gôo[to] salvage; rescue; restoreโลกมนุษย์lôhk má-nútโลกมนุษย์lôhk má-nútthe human world; earthly realmให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] allow; let; permit3to; for [sb] (recipient)4[to] have [sb] do; cause to5for (benefit of)6so that; in order to7until; to the point that (result)พ้นภัยpón paiพ้นภัยpón pai[to] be safe from danger; [to] escape danger
In the Hindu Puranas, Vishnu incarnated as a wild boar to save the human world from disaster.
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Tones

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Why is วราห์ said วะ-รา?

wá-raa

The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.

2 syllables · pick one to see its rule

How the tone is decided

  1. Consonant classLow class
  2. Tone markNo tone mark
  3. Syllable endingDead syllableShort vowelA short vowel with no final consonant, so it is dead.

Low class consonants

คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ

Result

High tone

wá

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 classHigh classLow class
No mark + liveMidRisingMid
No mark + dead shortLowLowHigh
No mark + dead longLowLowFalling
Mai ekLowLowFalling
Mai thoFallingFallingHigh
Mai triHigh——
Mai chattawaRising——
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