อนาคามี

à-naa-kaa-mii

Meaning

1NounC1

non-returner (Buddhism)

in Buddhism, a person who has reached the third stage of enlightenment and will not be reborn into the human world.

Examples

คุณยายkun yaaiคุณยายkun yaaimaternal grandmother; respectful term for an elderly womanเล่าlâoเล่าlâo1[to] tell; narrate; recount2particle (emphasis/insistence)3question or topic particle (literary)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeพระpráพระprá1Buddhist monk2Buddha image; amulet3honorific prefix/title4divine; holy (as modifier)5male role; male character (traditional Thai theatre)อนาคามีà-naa-kaa-meeอนาคามีà-naa-kaa-meenon-returner (Buddhism)คือkeuคือkeu1to be (definition/identification)2namely; that is; i.e.ผู้pôoผู้pôo1person; one who … (agentive prefix)2person; people (as a standalone noun in formal/register-bound uses)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)กลับมาglàp maaกลับมาglàp maa1[to] come back; return2[to] resume; make a comeback; be backเกิดgèrtเกิดgèrt1to be born2to happen; occur; arise3born (indicating birthplace/time)4(colloq.) if it happens that; unexpectedlyในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)โลกมนุษย์lôhk má-nútโลกมนุษย์lôhk má-nútthe human world; earthly realmอีกèekอีกèek1more; additional2again3else; other4yet; still (in comparisons/time)
My grandmother told me that an Anāgāmī is one who will not be reborn into the human world again.
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Tones

See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.

Why is อนาคามี said อะ-นา-คา-มี?

à-naa-kaa-mii

The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.

4 syllables · pick one to see its rule

How the tone is decided

  1. Consonant classMid class
  2. Tone markNo tone mark
  3. Syllable endingDead syllableA short vowel with no final consonant, so it is dead.

Mid class consonants

กจฎฏดตบปอ

Result

Low tone

à

Starts low and stays low, easing slightly down.

Mid class + No tone mark + Dead syllable → Low

Tone chart

Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.

Mid classHigh classLow class
No mark + liveMidRisingMid
No mark + dead shortLowLowHigh
No mark + dead longLowLowFalling
Mai ekLowLowFalling
Mai thoFallingFallingHigh
Mai triHigh——
Mai chattawaRising——
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