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prâi

Meanings

1NounB2

commoner/serf (historical, Siam)

A commoner in historical Siam/Thailand, typically under corvée labor or military service obligations to the state or a lord.

Examples

ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)สมัยอยุธยาsà-măi à-yút-tá-yaaสมัยอยุธยาsà-măi à-yút-tá-yaa1Ayutthaya period (Thai history)2Ayutthaya-era; from the Ayutthaya periodไพร่prâiไพร่prâi1low-class; uncouth (derog.)2commoner/serf (historical, Siam)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightถูกtòokถูกtòok1cheap; inexpensive2correct; right3proper; morally right4to be correct/right5[to] be affected; suffer (often adverse)6by (passive marker)เกณฑ์gehnเกณฑ์gehn1criterion; standard; benchmark2threshold; cutoff3[to] draft [sb]; conscript [sb]4[to] conscript; draft [sb]ไปทำงานbpai tam ngaanไปทำงานbpai tam ngaan[to] go to workหลวงตามlŭuang dtaamหลวงตามlŭuang dtaamgreat-grandmother (paternal line)ฤดูกาลréu-doo-gaanฤดูกาลréu-doo-gaan1season (time of year)2season (sports/activities)
In the Ayutthaya period, commoners were conscripted for corvée labor seasonally.
2NounC1

low-class; uncouth (derog.)

Derogatory: describing someone or behavior as vulgar, low-class, or lacking manners.

Examples

อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)พูดจาpôot jaaพูดจาpôot jaa1[to] speak; talk (how one speaks)2speech; way of speakingไพร่prâiไพร่prâi1low-class; uncouth (derog.)2commoner/serf (historical, Siam)ใส่sàiใส่sài1[to] put in; [to] add2[to] wear; [to] put on3[to] pour in; [to] fill4[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)5[to] attack; [to] go at (colloq.)พนักงานpá-nák-ngaanพนักงานpá-nák-ngaan1employee; staff member; worker2attendant; clerk (service role)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerทำงานหนักtam ngaan nàkทำงานหนักtam ngaan nàk1[to] work hard2[to] be under heavy loadเหมือนmĕuuanเหมือนmĕuuan1similar; alike2like; as3as if; as thoughเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)
Don't speak to the staff in a vulgar, low-class way; they work hard just like us.

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