เจริญอาหาร(jà-rern aa-hăan)
Meanings
1InterjectionA2
enjoy your meal
a polite expression said when serving or before someone eats (equivalent to “Bon appétit”)
Examples
อาหารaa-hăanอาหารaa-hăan1food; nourishment2dish; meal3diet; what one eatsพร้อมprómพร้อมpróm1ready; prepared2equipped; provided with3along with; together with4together; simultaneouslyแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ครับkrápครับkráp1polite particle (male speaker)2acknowledgment/response particleเจริญอาหารjà-rern aa-hăanเจริญอาหารjà-rern aa-hăan1have a good appetite; eat heartily2appetite‑stimulating; appetizing3enjoy your mealนะnáนะná1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particle3[!] attention-getter (initial position)ครับkrápครับkráp1polite particle (male speaker)2acknowledgment/response particle
The food is ready. Enjoy your meal!
2VerbB1
have a good appetite; eat heartily
to feel like eating and eat with a good or increased appetite
Examples
เมื่อวานmêuua waanเมื่อวานmêuua waan1yesterday (the day before today)2yesterday; yesterday (as an adverb)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ไม่สบายmâi sà-baaiไม่สบายmâi sà-baai1unwell; ill; sick2[to] be unwell; feel illแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เจริญอาหารjà-rern aa-hăanเจริญอาหารjà-rern aa-hăan1have a good appetite; eat heartily2appetite‑stimulating; appetizing3enjoy your mealมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatly
Yesterday I was sick, but today I have a really good appetite.
3AdjectiveB1
appetite‑stimulating; appetizing
tending to increase appetite (of food, smell, or medicine)
Examples
อาหารaa-hăanอาหารaa-hăan1food; nourishment2dish; meal3diet; what one eatsรสrótรสrót1taste; flavor2style; tone; flavor (figurative)เปรี้ยวๆbprîiao-bprîiaoเปรี้ยวๆbprîiao-bprîiao1slightly sour; tangy2edgy; bold; sassy (informal)ช่วยให้chûuai hâiช่วยให้chûuai hâi[to] enable; help [sb/sth] (to) do [sth]; make [sth] possible/easierเจริญอาหารjà-rern aa-hăanเจริญอาหารjà-rern aa-hăan1have a good appetite; eat heartily2appetite‑stimulating; appetizing3enjoy your mealมากขึ้นmâak kêunมากขึ้นmâak kêun1more; increasingly2greater; more (than before)
Sour foods help to increase appetite.
Related Words
Word Breakdown
เจริญjà-rernเจริญjà-rern1prosper; flourish; develop2advance; progress3blessed; auspicious (formal)Part 1
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เจริญอาหารjà-rern aa-hăanเจริญอาหารjà-rern aa-hăanenjoy your meal