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wâat

Meaning

1NounC2

wind; air (literary)

Wind or air; a literary term also found in compounds derived from Pali or Sanskrit.

Examples

ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)บทกวีbòt gà-weeบทกวีbòt gà-weea poem; a piece of verseนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)คำว่าkam wâaคำว่าkam wâathe word/term (introductory marker)วาตwâatวาตwâatwind; air (literary)หมายถึงmăai tĕungหมายถึงmăai tĕung1[to] mean; denote; refer to2[to] mean (to say); intend (one’s words)ลมlomลมlom1wind2gas; flatulence3air (breath); life-force (traditional)4nonsense; empty talk (fig.)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerพัดผ่านpát pàanพัดผ่านpát pàan1[to] blow past; sweep/waft through (of wind/air/storm/scent)2[to] pass by; come and go (fig.)ป่าbpàaป่าbpàa1forest; woodland2the wild; wilderness3wild; undomesticated; uncultivatedในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)ยามค่ำคืนyaam kâm keunยามค่ำคืนyaam kâm keun1nighttime; the night2at night; during the night
In this poem, the word “wat” refers to the wind blowing through the forest at night.
3 more examples
ผู้เขียนpôo kĭianเลือกใช้คำlêuuak chái kamว่าwâaวาตwâatแทนtaenคำว่าkam wâaลมlomเพื่อpêuuaให้ถ้อยคำhâi tôi kamมีmeeน้ำเสียงnám sĭiangขรึมขลังkrĭm klăngเหมาะกับmòr gàpฉากchàakพายุpaa-yú
The author chooses the literary word “wat” instead of the ordinary word for wind to give the language a solemn, evocative tone suited to the storm scene.
แม้máeคำว่าkam wâaวาตwâatจะjàไม่ค่อยmâi kôiปรากฏbpraa-gòtในnaiภาษาพูดpaa-săa pôotแต่dtàeเราraoยังyangพบpópคำkamนี้néeในnaiคำประสมkam bprà-sŏmอย่างyàangวาตภัยwaa-dtà-paiซึ่งsêungหมายถึงmăai tĕungภัยpaiที่têeเกิดจากgèrt jàakลมlom
Although “wat,” meaning wind, rarely appears in spoken language, it still occurs in compounds such as “wataphai,” which means a disaster caused by wind.
เมื่อmêuuaตีความdtee kwaamคำว่าkam wâaวาตwâatในnaiบทประพันธ์bòt bprà-panผู้อ่านpôo àanต้องdtôngพิจารณาภาพpí-jaa-rá-naa pâapพจน์pótแวดล้อมwâet lómด้วยdûuayเพราะpráwลมlomในnaiที่têeนี้néeมิได้mí dâiเป็นเพียงbpen piiangปรากฏการณ์ธรรมชาติbpraa-gòt gaan tam-má-châatหากhàakยังyangสะท้อนsà-tónความผันผวนkwaam păn pŭuanในใจnai jaiตัวละครdtuua lá-kon
When interpreting the word “wat” in the literary work, readers must also consider the surrounding imagery, because the wind here is not merely a natural phenomenon but also reflects the character’s inner turmoil.