สมณเพศ
sà-má-ná-pêet
Meanings
1NounB2
monastic state; monkhood
the state or status of being a Buddhist monastic; the monastic order (in Thai context typically male monastics)
Examples
ท่านtâanท่านtâan1you (formal/polite)2he; she (honorific)3sir; madam4honorific title5classifier (polite for persons)อยู่ในyòo naiอยู่ในyòo nai[to] be in [somewhere]สมณเพศsà-má-ná-pêetสมณเพศsà-má-ná-pêet1monastic state; monkhood2monastic; clericalมานานmaa naanมานานmaa naanfor a long time (up to now)กว่าgwàaกว่าgwàa1than (comparative marker)2more than; over3by (margin of difference)ยี่สิบyêe sìpยี่สิบyêe sìptwentyพรรษาpan-săaพรรษาpan-săa1Buddhist rains-retreat year; monastic year2rains-retreat; Buddhist Lent (three-month period)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
He has been in the monastic order for over twenty years.
2NounC1
monastic; clerical
pertaining to monastics or the monastic state
Examples
การดำเนินชีวิตgaan dam-nern chee-wítการดำเนินชีวิตgaan dam-nern chee-wítway of life; lifestyleในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)สมณเพศsà-má-ná-pêetสมณเพศsà-má-ná-pêet1monastic state; monkhood2monastic; clericalต้องมีdtông meeต้องมีdtông mee[to] must have; [to] need to haveวินัยwí-naiวินัยwí-nai1discipline; self-discipline2disciplinary rules; code of conduct3monastic discipline (Buddhism)อย่างเคร่งครัดyàang krêng-krátอย่างเคร่งครัดyàang krêng-krátstrictly; rigorously; stringently
Living in the monastic state requires strict discipline.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
เพศบรรพชิตpâyt ban-pá-chítเพศบรรพชิตpâyt ban-pá-chítmonastic order; monkhood
monastic order; monkhood
การเป็นพระgaan bpen práการเป็นพระgaan bpen prámonkhood; being a monk
monkhood; being a monk
ร่มกาสาวพัสตร์rôm gaa-sǎa-wá-pátร่มกาสาวพัสตร์rôm gaa-sǎa-wá-pátmonkhood; protection of the saffron robes
monkhood; protection of the saffron robes
ความเป็นพระkwaam bpen práความเป็นพระkwaam bpen prá1monkhood2monk-like quality; proper conduct of a monk
- monkhood
- monk-like quality; proper conduct of a monk
ผ้าเหลืองpâa lĕuuangผ้าเหลืองpâa lĕuuang1monks’ saffron robes2the monkhood; monastic life
- monks’ saffron robes
- the monkhood; monastic life
Word Breakdown
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สมณเพศsà-má-ná-pêetสมณเพศsà-má-ná-pêetmonastic state; monkhood