วาท(wâat)

Meanings

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speech; utterance; rhetoric; discourse (formal; mainly in compounds)

A formal term from Pali/Sanskrit meaning speech, utterance, or talk; used mainly as a bound form in compounds (e.g., วาทศิลป์วาทศิลป์waa-tá-sĭn1rhetoric; the art of persuasive language2eloquence; persuasive speaking skill ‘rhetoric’, วาทกรรมวาทกรรมwâa-tá-gamdiscourse; formal discussion ‘discourse’). Not a productive suffix meaning “-ism”.

Examples

นักการเมืองnák gaan-meuuangนักการเมืองnák gaan-meuuangpoliticianคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)มีวาทศิลป์mee wâa-tá-sĭnมีวาทศิลป์mee wâa-tá-sĭn[to] be eloquent; be articulateในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)การปราศรัยgaan bpraa-săiการปราศรัยgaan bpraa-săispeech; addressที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotสามารถsăa-mâatสามารถsăa-mâat1able; capable2ability; capability3talented; competentโน้มน้าวใจnóhm-náao jaiโน้มน้าวใจnóhm-náao jai[to] persuade [sb]; [to] win [sb] overผู้ฟังpôo fangผู้ฟังpôo fang1listener; listening audience2hearer (linguistics)3listener4listening audienceได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedอย่างน่าทึ่งyàang nâa tûengอย่างน่าทึ่งyàang nâa tûengamazingly; remarkably
That politician has impressive rhetoric in their speeches that can persuasively sway the audience.

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