เณร
neenMeaning
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Buddhist novice monk
A Buddhist novice, typically a boy or young man who has taken the Ten Precepts but is not yet a fully ordained monk (พระพระprá1male role; male character (traditional Thai theatre)2Buddha image; amulet3honorific prefix/title4Buddhist monk5divine; holy (as modifier)).
Examples
เณรneenเณรneenBuddhist novice monkกำลังgam-langกำลังgam-lang1currently; in the middle of2power; strength3power (physics)4troops; forcesช่วยchûuaiช่วยchûuai1[to] help; assist [sb/sth]2please (request marker)3[to] save; rescue [sb]หลวงพ่อlǔuang-pɔ̂ɔหลวงพ่อlǔuang-pɔ̂ɔ1Venerable monk (form of address)2revered Buddha image/statueกวาดgwàatกวาดgwàat1[to] sweep (clean)2[to] sweep up; clear away; clean up3[to] sweep; conduct a sweep (search/roundup)ลานวัดlaan-wátลานวัดlaan-wáttemple courtyard; open ground in a temple
The novice is helping the monk sweep the temple grounds.
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น้องชายnɔ́ɔng-chaaiของฉันkɔ̌ɔng-chǎnจะjàบวชbùuatเป็นbpenเณรneenในช่วงnai-chûuangปิดเทอมbpìt-təəmภาคpâakฤดูร้อนrʉ́-duu-rɔ́ɔn
My younger brother will be ordained as a novice during the summer school break.
ตามdtaamความเชื่อkwaam-chʉ̂ʉaของkɔ̌ɔngคนไทยkon-taiการบวชgaan-bùuatเป็นbpenเณรneenเป็นbpenการทดแทนgaan-tót-tɛɛnบุญคุณbun-kunพ่อแม่pɔ̂ɔ-mɛ̂ɛอย่างหนึ่งyàang-nʉ̀ng
According to Thai beliefs, becoming a novice is one way to repay the kindness of one's parents.
เสียงสวดมนต์sǐiang-sùuat-monของkɔ̌ɔngหมู่mùuเณรneenดังdangกังวานgang-waanแผ่วเบาpɛ̀ɛo-baoออกมาɔ̀ɔk-maaจากjàakในnaiโบสถ์bòot
The sound of the group of novices chanting echoed softly from inside the main chapel.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is เณร said เนน?
neen
- Same-sounding letterณ sounds just like น, so the reading uses น.Final soundAt the end of a syllable, ร is said like น (n).
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ร, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
neen
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |