หอมลอย(hŏm loi)
Meanings
1AdjectiveB2
fragrant, wafting
Having a pleasant scent that gently drifts or lingers in the air.
Examples
ลมพัดผ่านlom pát pàanลมพัดผ่านlom pát pàan[of wind, to] blow through/pastสวนดอกไม้sŭuan dòk máiสวนดอกไม้sŭuan dòk máiflower gardenกลิ่นglìnกลิ่นglìnsmell; odor; scentมะลิmá-líมะลิmá-lí1jasmine (plant/flower)2Mali (female given name)หอมhŏmหอมhŏm1fragrant; pleasantly scented2[to] smell nice; be fragrant3shallot; scallion (Thai usage)ลอยเข้ามาloi kâo maaลอยเข้ามาloi kâo maa[to] float or drift in; [to] waft in (sound/smell)ในบ้านnai bâanในบ้านnai bâan1indoors; inside the house2domestic; at-home (modifier)
The wind blew through the garden and the scent of jasmine drifted pleasantly into the house.
2AdjectiveC1
[poetic] scent wafting
Used poetically to describe a fragrance that floats lightly through the air.
Examples
ลมเย็นlom yenลมเย็นlom yencool breeze; cool airพัดผ่านpát pàanพัดผ่านpát pàan1[to] blow past; sweep/waft through (of wind/air/storm/scent)2[to] pass by; come and go (fig.)สวนsŭuanสวนsŭuan1[to] oppose; contradict; go against2[to] move against; counter (direction)3classifier: gardens/orchards/plantations4garden; orchard; parkกลิ่นglìnกลิ่นglìnsmell; odor; scentดอกdòkดอกdòk1flower; blossom2classifier: flowers and similar items3interest (on money)4dart; arrowhead; (slang) bulletโมกmôhkโมกmôhk1Wrightia religiosa; white cheesewood2mok (Wrightia spp.)หอมhŏmหอมhŏm1fragrant; pleasantly scented2[to] smell nice; be fragrant3shallot; scallion (Thai usage)ลอยเข้ามาloi kâo maaลอยเข้ามาloi kâo maa[to] float or drift in; [to] waft in (sound/smell)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ระเบียงrá-biiangระเบียงrá-biiang1balcony; veranda; porch2open corridor / galleryบ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: houses/buildings (residences)
A cool breeze passed through the garden, and the scent of mok flowers drifted lightly onto the balcony.
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หอมลอยhŏm loiหอมลอยhŏm loifragrant, wafting