เทศกาลสารท(têt-sà-gaan sàat)

Meanings

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Sart festival; merit-making for the dead

a Thai Buddhist festival for making merit to deceased ancestors, especially Sart Thai in the 10th lunar month; may also refer to related observances like Sart Chin

Examples

ทุกปีtúk bpeeทุกปีtúk bpeeevery year; annuallyแม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseพาpaaพาpaa1[to] take; bring; lead [sb]2[to] lead to; result inฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ทำบุญอุทิศtam bun ù-títทำบุญอุทิศtam bun ù-tít[to] make merit and dedicate it [to sb]ให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitบรรพบุรุษban-pá-bù-rùtบรรพบุรุษban-pá-bù-rùtancestor; forebearในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)เทศกาลสารทtêt-sà-gaan sàatเทศกาลสารทtêt-sà-gaan sàatSart festival; merit-making for the deadที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotตรงกับdtrong gàpตรงกับdtrong gàp1[to] match; correspond (to/with)2[to] fall on; coincide with (a date/time)3[to] be equivalent to; amount to4[to] align with; be directly in line withเดือนสิบdeuuan sìpเดือนสิบdeuuan sìp1the tenth month; October2a southern Thai festival3the tenth lunar month (Thai calendar)ทางtaangทางtaang1direction; side2method; means; manner3classifier: roads/routes/ways4side/party (institutional)5by; via; through (means or channel)6way; route; road; pathจันทรคติjan-tá-rá-ká-dtìจันทรคติjan-tá-rá-ká-dtìlunar calendar; lunar reckoning
Every year my mother takes me to make merit for our ancestors during the Sart festival, which falls in the tenth lunar month.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

เทศกาลtêht-sà-gaanเทศกาลtêht-sà-gaan1festival2festive period; season (of festivities)Part 1
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สารทsàatสารทsàat1Sart (Thai merit-making festival)2Sart Chin (Chinese Ghost Festival in Thai usage)Part 2
เทศกาลสารทtêt-sà-gaan sàatเทศกาลสารทtêt-sà-gaan sàatSart festival; merit-making for the dead