ไตร
dtrai
Meanings
1NounB2
three; tri- (Sanskrit/Pali prefix)
a learned prefix meaning three or triple, used in compounds (e.g., ไตรลักษณ์ไตรลักษณ์dtrai-lákthree marks of existence, ไตรภูมิไตรภูมิdtrai poom1three realms in Buddhism2Traiphum Phra Ruang (cosmology text)).
Examples
คำว่าkam wâaคำว่าkam wâathe word/term (introductory marker)ไตรdtraiไตรdtraithree; tri- (Sanskrit/Pali prefix)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ไตรลักษณ์dtrai-lákไตรลักษณ์dtrai-lákthree marks of existenceหมายถึงmăai tĕungหมายถึงmăai tĕung1[to] mean; denote; refer to2[to] mean (to say); intend (one’s words)สามsăamสามsăam1three (3)2third (ordinal)คือkeuคือkeu1to be (definition/identification)2namely; that is; i.e.3focus/clarifying marker after subjectอนิจจังà-nít-jangอนิจจังà-nít-jangimpermanent; transient (Buddhist)ทุกtúkทุกtúk1every; each2every (interval/frequency)ขังkăngขังkăng1[to] imprison; detain [sb]2[to] confine; lock in [sb/sth]3stagnant; standing (of water/air)4to be stuck; hemmed inอนัตตาà-nát-dtaaอนัตตาà-nát-dtaanon-self (Buddhism)
The term tri in trilaksana means ‘three’: impermanence, suffering, and non-self.