แหล่(làe)

Meanings

1NounC1

Thai Buddhist sermon chant; recitative style

a traditional Thai melodic chant or recitative style, often used in Buddhist sermons such as the Vessantara Jataka

Examples

คุณยายkun yaaiคุณยายkun yaaigrandmother; respectful term for elderly womanของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mineชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ฟังเทศน์fang têtฟังเทศน์fang têt[to] listen to a sermonแหล่làeแหล่làe1Thai Buddhist sermon chant; recitative style2[to] chant a Buddhist sermonที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotวัดwátวัดwát1to gauge; assess2Buddhist temple3to measureในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)วันพระwan práวันพระwan práBuddhist holy/observance day (uposatha)
My grandmother likes to go listen to the Lae sermon at the temple on Buddhist holy days.
2VerbC1

[to] chant a Buddhist sermon

to chant or sing a Buddhist sermon in a specific melodic style

Examples

พระอาจารย์prá aa-jaanพระอาจารย์prá aa-jaan1Venerable teacher (Buddhist monk)2revered monk-teacher (form of address)ท่านtâanท่านtâan1you (formal/polite)2he; she (honorific)3sir; madam4honorific title5classifier (polite for persons)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)แหล่làeแหล่làe1Thai Buddhist sermon chant; recitative style2[to] chant a Buddhist sermonเก่งมากgèng mâakเก่งมากgèng mâak1very good (at [sth]); highly skilled2well done!; great job!จนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerฟังเทศน์fang têtฟังเทศน์fang têt[to] listen to a sermonที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotวัดwátวัดwát1to gauge; assess2Buddhist temple3to measure
This monk chants sermons so well that the villagers love coming to listen to him at the temple.