อัญเชิญ(an-chern)
Meanings
1VerbB2
[to] respectfully invite/escort
to invite or escort with high respect in a formal or ceremonial way (used for monks, royalty, deities, or honored guests)
Examples
คณะกรรมการká-ná gam-má-gaanคณะกรรมการká-ná gam-má-gaancommittee; boardอัญเชิญan-chernอัญเชิญan-chern1[to] respectfully invite/escort2[to] ceremonially bring/enshrineพระอาจารย์prá aa-jaanพระอาจารย์prá aa-jaan1Venerable teacher (Buddhist monk)2revered monk-teacher (form of address)ขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/better7[to] sprout; grow; appearกล่าวglàaoกล่าวglàao1[to] say; state; mention (formal)2[to] accuse; charge (in compounds)3aforementioned (as ที่กล่าวมา/ดังกล่าว)โอวาทoh-wâatโอวาทoh-wâat1admonition; formal advice2moral instruction; exhortationในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)พิธีเปิดpí-tee bpèrtพิธีเปิดpí-tee bpèrtopening ceremony; inaugural ceremony
The committee respectfully invited the venerable monk to give a sermon at the opening ceremony.
2VerbB2
[to] ceremonially bring/enshrine
to bring, move, or install a sacred or honored object with ceremony and reverence
Examples
ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)ร่วมแรงrûuam raengร่วมแรงrûuam raeng[to] join forces; work togetherกันganกันgan1each other; one another (post-verb marker)2[to] prevent; keep [sth] out; ward off; block3classifier: panel; partition; screen (rare)4together; together with5protective; preventive (modifier)6I; me (informal, male speech)7[to] set aside; reserve; earmarkอัญเชิญan-chernอัญเชิญan-chern1[to] respectfully invite/escort2[to] ceremonially bring/enshrineพระพุทธรูปprá pút-tá-rôopพระพุทธรูปprá pút-tá-rôop1Buddha image; Buddha statue2classifier: องค์ (for Buddha images/statues)ขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/better7[to] sprout; grow; appearประดิษฐานbprà-dìt-sà-tăanประดิษฐานbprà-dìt-sà-tăan1[to] be situated/enshrined (honorific, of sacred/royal)2[to] establish ceremonially; set up (formal)3[to] enshrine; install (sacred/royal object)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ศาลาวัดsăa-laa wátศาลาวัดsăa-laa wáttemple pavilion; multi-purpose hall
Villagers worked together to ceremonially install the Buddha statue in the temple hall.