อดิเรก(à-dì-rêk)

Meanings

1NounA2

hobby; pastime (in compounds)

a leisure activity done for pleasure rather than work; typically appears only in compounds such as งานอดิเรกงานอดิเรกngaan à-dì-rèkhobby; pastime ‘hobby’

Examples

ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoงานอดิเรกngaan à-dì-rèkงานอดิเรกngaan à-dì-rèkhobby; pastimeคือkeuคือkeu1to be (definition/identification)2namely; that is; i.e.3focus/clarifying marker after subjectปลูกbplòokปลูกbplòok1[to] plant; grow (plants)2[to] build (a house); erect; set up (structure)3[to] instill; cultivate (values/habits)ต้นไม้dtôn máaiต้นไม้dtôn máai1tree2plants/greenery (general, esp. woody plants)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotระเบียงrá-biiangระเบียงrá-biiang1balcony; veranda; porch2open corridor / gallery
My hobby is growing plants on the balcony.
2AdjectiveB1

leisure; spare-time (attrib.)

relating to or occurring in one’s leisure or spare time; recreational (mainly attributive and in compounds)

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillอ่านหนังสือàan năng-sĕuอ่านหนังสือàan năng-sĕu[to] read; [to] studyวิทยาศาสตร์wít-thá-yaa-sàatวิทยาศาสตร์wít-thá-yaa-sàat1science (school subject/field)2science (discipline)เพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofความเพลิดเพลินkwaam plêrt plernความเพลิดเพลินkwaam plêrt plernenjoyment; pleasureในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)เวลาว่างway-laa wâangเวลาว่างway-laa wâangfree time; leisure timeอย่างyàangอย่างyàang1kind; type; sort2manner; way3in the manner of; -ly4classifier (for kinds/types)อดิเรกà-dì-rêkอดิเรกà-dì-rêk1leisure; spare-time (attrib.)2hobby; pastime (in compounds)
He reads science books for enjoyment in his leisure time, recreationally.