สละโลกีย์(sà-là lôh-gee)

Meanings

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[to] renounce worldly life; forsake sensuality

to give up worldly pleasures and secular life, especially to pursue religious practice or ordination; to forsake sensual desires

Examples

เมื่อmêuuaเมื่อmêuua1when; at the time that2when (past time marker)อายุมากàa-yú mâakอายุมากàa-yú mâakelderly; of advanced age; oldขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/better7[to] sprout; grow; appearเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerเริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toคิดkítคิดkít1[to] think; consider2[to] calculate; figure out3[to] charge (a price)4[to] intend; planที่จะtêe jàที่จะtêe jà1that/which/who will; that is/are going to2to (after a noun/adj; infinitival 'to')สละโลกีย์sà-là lôh-geeสละโลกีย์sà-là lôh-gee[to] renounce worldly life; forsake sensualityและláeและláeand (coordinating)ใช้ชีวิตchái chee-wítใช้ชีวิตchái chee-wít[to] live (one's life); lead a lifeอย่างสงบyàang sà-ngòpอย่างสงบyàang sà-ngòppeacefully; calmly
As he got older, he started thinking about forsaking worldly pleasures and living a peaceful life.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

สละsà-làสละsà-là1[to] relinquish; renounce; give up2[to] sacrifice3salak; snake fruit4[to] peel (fruit)Part 1
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โลกีย์loh-geeโลกีย์loh-gee1worldly; secular2sexual; sensual3worldliness; sexual or sensual pleasuresPart 2
สละโลกีย์sà-là lôh-geeสละโลกีย์sà-là lôh-gee[to] renounce worldly life; forsake sensuality