วสันต์
wá-sǎnMeaning
1NounC1
springtime (literary/archaic)
Spring; a poetic or Sanskrit-derived sense, rare in modern everyday Thai.
Examples
กวีgà-wiiกวีgà-wiipoetบรรยายban-yaaiบรรยายban-yaai1[to] describe; narrate2[to] lecture; give a talkวสันต์wá-sǎnวสันต์wá-sǎnspringtime (literary/archaic)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)ฤดูrʉ́-duuฤดูrʉ́-duu1season2season (period for activity)แห่งhɛ̀ngแห่งhɛ̀ng1of; belonging to (formal)2classifier: places/institutions3place; location (formal)การเริ่มต้นใหม่gaan-rə̂əm-dtôn-màiการเริ่มต้นใหม่gaan-rə̂əm-dtôn-màinew beginning; fresh start
The poet describes spring as a season of new beginnings.
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ในnaiนิยายní-yaaiโบราณboo-raanตัวละครdtuua-lá-kɔɔnมักmákพบpópรักrákท่ามกลางtâam-glaangวสันต์wá-sǎnที่tîiดอกไม้dɔ̀ɔk-máaiบานbaan
In classical novels, characters often find love amidst spring when flowers bloom.
เสียงsǐiangพิณpinคลอklɔɔไปbpaiกับgàpลมlomวสันต์wá-sǎnชวนให้chuuan-hâiนึกถึงnʉ́k-tʉ̌ngความหวังkwaam-wǎngที่tîiเพิ่งpə̂ngผลิplì
The lute's melody blended with the spring breeze, evoking freshly sprouted hopes.
กวีgà-wiiใช้cháiคำว่าkam-wâaวสันต์wá-sǎnเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaชุบชีวิตchúp-chii-wítภาพpâapธรรมชาติtam-má-châatให้hâiกลับglàpมีmiiชีวาchii-waaดั่งdàngแรกแย้มrɛ̂ɛk-yɛ́ɛm
The poet uses the word wasan to revive nature's image as if in its first bloom.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is วสันต์ said วะ-สัน?
wá-sǎn
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 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 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 | — | — |