อาวรณ์

aa-won

Meanings

1NounB2

lingering attachment; yearning; reluctance to part

A tender, lingering feeling of attachment or yearning for someone or something, often mixed with sadness or reluctance to part; also, a sense of being emotionally unsettled because of such attachment.

Examples

เธอterเธอter1you (informal; familiar)2she; herมองmongมองmong1[to] look at2[to] watch; observe3[to] view; regard; considerรูปrôopรูปrôop1picture; photo; image2shape; form; figure3physique; body shape4statue; sculpted image; figure5grammatical formเก่าgàoเก่าgào1old; not new2former; previous3old-fashioned; outdatedแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)รู้สึกrúu-sèukรู้สึกrúu-sèuk1[to] feel; sense2[to] feel that…; think (impression/opinion)อาวรณ์aa-wonอาวรณ์aa-won1lingering attachment; yearning; reluctance to part2[to] long for [sb] or [sth]; be reluctant to partถึงtĕungถึงtĕung1to; until; up to2[to] arrive; reach3to; toward (recipient/goal)4even if; even though5as much as; as many as; to the point of6only then; then as a result (informal)7about; concerning; regardingวันวานwan waanวันวานwan waan1yesterday (poetic)2bygone days; the past
She looked at the old photo and felt a tender longing for the past.
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ผมpŏmยังyangอาวรณ์aa-wonบ้านเกิดbâan gèrtแม้máeย้ายyáaiมาmaaทำงานtam ngaanในnaiเมืองใหญ่meuuang yài
I still feel a lingering attachment to my hometown, even after moving to work in a big city.
หลังlăngจบjòpความสัมพันธ์kwaam săm-panเขาkăoยังyangอาวรณ์aa-wonและláeไม่mâiพร้อมprómจะjàเริ่มต้นใหม่rôem dtôn mài
After the relationship ended, he still felt a lingering yearning and wasn’t ready to start anew.
เธอterเดินdernออกจากòk jàakสถานีsà-tăa-neeด้วยdûuayใจjaiอาวรณ์aa-wonราวกับraao gàpมีmeeบางอย่างbaang yàangดึงdeungรั้งrángไม่ให้mâi hâiจากไปjàak bpai
She walked out of the station with a wistful heart, as if something held her back from leaving.
2VerbB2

[to] long for [sb] or [sth]; be reluctant to part

To miss someone or something and remain emotionally attached, feeling unwilling to leave or let go.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillยังyangยังyang1still; continuing2not yet (with ไม่)3yet? (question use)4still/even (emphatic degree)5to; towardอาวรณ์aa-wonอาวรณ์aa-won1lingering attachment; yearning; reluctance to part2[to] long for [sb] or [sth]; be reluctant to partคนรักเก่าkon rák gàoคนรักเก่าkon rák gàoex-lover; former partnerแม้máeแม้máe1even if; although; even though2evenจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)เลิกกันlêrk ganเลิกกันlêrk gan[to] break up (with each other)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyนานแล้วnaan láewนานแล้วnaan láewa long time ago; for a long time now
He still longs for his former partner, even though they broke up a long time ago.
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ฉันchănยังyangอาวรณ์aa-wonบ้านbâanหลังlăngเก่าgàoเลยloieแวะwáeกลับไปglàp bpaiดูdooอยู่yòoบ่อยbòiๆ-
I still miss my old house and feel attached to it, so I often go back to have a look.
แม้máeจะjàเกษียณgà-sĭianมาmaaหลายlăaiปีbpeeแล้วláeoเขาkăoก็gâwยังyangอาวรณ์aa-wonชีวิตการทำงานchee-wít gaan tam ngaanจนjonอดòtกลับglàpไปเยี่ยมbpai yîiamเพื่อนร่วมงานpêuuan rûuam ngaanไม่ได้mâi dâai
Although he retired years ago, he still misses his working life so much that he cannot resist going back to visit his colleagues.
แม้máeจะjàรู้rúuว่าwâaความสัมพันธ์kwaam săm-panไม่มีmâi meeทางtaangกลับมาglàp maaเหมือนเดิมmĕuuan dermเธอterก็gâwยังyangอาวรณ์aa-wonเขาkăoและláeตัดใจdtàt jaiเดินdernจากมาjàak maaไม่ได้mâi dâai
Although she knows the relationship can never be the same again, she still longs for him and cannot bring herself to walk away.

Related Words

1lingering attachment; yearning; reluctance to part

2[to] long for [sb] or [sth]; be reluctant to part