อโศก(à-sòhk)
Meanings
1Proper nounA2
Asok (place name)
A proper name for locations in Thailand, notably the Asok area/intersection in Bangkok.
Examples
บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: houses/buildings (residences)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainใกล้glâiใกล้glâi1near; close (in distance/time/resemblance)2[to] be near; be close to; approachสถานีอโศกsà-tăa-nee à-sòkสถานีอโศกsà-tăa-nee à-sòkAsok Station (BTS/MRT interchange)
My house is near Asok station.
2NounB2
ashoka tree (Saraca asoca; also Polyalthia longifolia)
A flowering tree known as the ashoka (Saraca asoca); in Thai usage also commonly refers to the ornamental 'Indian mast tree' (Polyalthia longifolia) planted along roads.
Examples
หน้าบ้านnâa bâanหน้าบ้านnâa bâan1front of the house; frontage2public-facing front; facade (figurative)ปลูกbplòokปลูกbplòok1[to] plant; grow (plants)2[to] build (a house); erect; set up (structure)3[to] instill; cultivate (values/habits)ต้นdtônต้นdtôn1tree; plant (tall/woody)2origin; source; root cause3initial; primary (as prefix)4beginning; early5stem; trunk; stalk; base6classifier: trees; plants; polesอโศกà-sòhkอโศกà-sòhk1ashoka tree (Saraca asoca; also Polyalthia longifolia)2Asok (place name)ไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reserveหนึ่งnèungหนึ่งnèung1one (number)2a; one (single)3certain; particular4first; top; foremost5one (with classifier)ต้นdtônต้นdtôn1tree; plant (tall/woody)2origin; source; root cause3initial; primary (as prefix)4beginning; early5stem; trunk; stalk; base6classifier: trees; plants; polesเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofให้ร่มเงาhâi rôm ngaoให้ร่มเงาhâi rôm ngao[to] provide shadeตอนบ่ายdton bàaiตอนบ่ายdton bàai1afternoon2in the afternoon
An ashoka tree was planted in front of the house to provide shade in the afternoon.