อัปสร(àp-sŏn)

Meanings

1NounC1

apsara; heavenly nymph

an apsara; a heavenly nymph in Hindu and Buddhist tradition

Examples

ภาพสลักpâap sà-làkภาพสลักpâap sà-làkcarved/engraved image; reliefนางอัปสรnaang àp-sŏnนางอัปสรnaang àp-sŏn1apsara; celestial nymph2apsara figure in Khmer art3a very beautiful woman (poetic)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/slotปราสาทหินbpraa-sàat hĭnปราสาทหินbpraa-sàat hĭnstone temple; Khmer-style sanctuaryเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsสิ่งsìngสิ่งsìng1thing; object; entity2matter; issue3classifier for matters/cases (formal)ที่สวยงามtêe sŭuai ngaamที่สวยงามtêe sŭuai ngaambeautiful place; scenic spotมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatly
The carvings of apsaras at the stone sanctuary are very beautiful.
2NounC1

a beautiful woman (poetic)

a very beautiful woman, likened to a heavenly nymph (poetic; literary)

Examples

นางงามnaang ngaamนางงามnaang ngaam1beauty queen; pageant contestant/winner2a beautiful woman; a beautyคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)สวยsŭuaiสวยsŭuai1beautiful; pretty2perfect; flawless (ironic)3nicely done; fineราวกับraao gàpราวกับraao gàp1as if; as though2like; akin toนางอัปสรnaang àp-sŏnนางอัปสรnaang àp-sŏn1apsara; celestial nymph2apsara figure in Khmer art3a very beautiful woman (poetic)จำแลงกายjam-laeng gaaiจำแลงกายjam-laeng gaai1[to] disguise oneself; assume a guise2[to] shapeshift; transform one's formมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect marker
That beauty queen is as beautiful as if she were a heavenly nymph in disguise.

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