วสันต์(wá-săn)

Meanings

1NounC1

rain; rainfall (poetic/literary)

Rain or rainfall, used in literary or poetic style.

Examples

เมฆmêkเมฆmêkcloudคลี่คลุมฟ้าklêe klum fáaคลี่คลุมฟ้าklêe klum fáa[to] spread and cover the skyวสันต์wá-sănวสันต์wá-săn1rain; rainfall (poetic/literary)2rainy season; monsoon (poetic/literary)3springtime (literary/archaic)โปรยปรายbproi bpraaiโปรยปรายbproi bpraai1[to] scatter gently2[to] fall lightly and widely (rain/snow)หล่อเลี้ยงท้องนาlòr líiang tóng naaหล่อเลี้ยงท้องนาlòr líiang tóng naa[to] irrigate/sustain rice fields
Clouds spread across the sky, and rain drizzles down to nourish the fields.
2NounC1

rainy season; monsoon (poetic/literary)

The rainy or monsoon season, especially in poetic or high-register language.

Examples

เมื่อmêuuaเมื่อmêuua1when; at the time that2when (past time marker)ย่างเข้าสู่yâang kâo sòoย่างเข้าสู่yâang kâo sòo[to] enter (a new period/phase)วสันต์wá-sănวสันต์wá-săn1rain; rainfall (poetic/literary)2rainy season; monsoon (poetic/literary)3springtime (literary/archaic)ทุ่งนาtûng naaทุ่งนาtûng naarice field; paddy fieldก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerเริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toเขียวชอุ่มkĭiao chà-ùmเขียวชอุ่มkĭiao chà-ùmlush green; verdantและláeและláeand (coordinating)ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)เตรียมdtriiamเตรียมdtriiam1[to] prepare [sb/sth] for [sth]2[to] be prepared; be ready3[to] prepare; get readyหว่านwàanหว่านwàan1to sow; scatter (seeds)2to spread; disseminate (rumors, ideas, feelings)3to sprinkle; strewข้าวkâaoข้าวkâao1rice (cooked)2rice (grain/uncooked)3meal; food (general)4rice plant; paddy
As the rainy season arrives, the fields turn lush green and villagers prepare to sow rice.
3NounC1

springtime (literary/archaic)

Spring; a poetic or Sanskrit-derived sense, rare in modern everyday Thai.

Examples

กวีgà-weeกวีgà-weepoetบรรยายban-yaaiบรรยายban-yaai1[to] describe; narrate2[to] lecture; give a talkวสันต์wá-sănวสันต์wá-săn1rain; rainfall (poetic/literary)2rainy season; monsoon (poetic/literary)3springtime (literary/archaic)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsฤดูréu-dooฤดูréu-doo1season2season (period for activity)แห่งhàengแห่งhàeng1of; belonging to (formal)2place; location (formal)3classifier: places/institutionsการเริ่มต้นใหม่gaan rə̂əm dtôn màiการเริ่มต้นใหม่gaan rə̂əm dtôn màinew beginning; fresh start
The poet describes spring as a season of new beginnings.

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