C2 Thai words
Specialized and rare vocabulary for deep reading and expert fluency.
CL: bunch; bundle (regional/dialectal)
chang; tamlueng–baht system unit
league (distance unit)
matters of hardship and well-being (in letters)
law; litigation (bound/abbr.)
benefit; advantage; profit (lit.)
hydroxyl radical (•OH)
wheel; gear; cog (Skt/Pali-derived)
bag owner; the one with the bag(s) (address)
bound morpheme/prefix in set words
cytokine (immune signaling protein)
royal wisdom and ability (hon.)
idealism (philosophy) [less common]
to beg; to ask earnestly (lit.)
wake (nautical); vector [rare/technical]
prefix (Pali/Skt.): “not-, without-”
prefix (Pali/Skt.): “up-, over-, toward-, near-”
royal utensils; royal household implements
primer (molecular biology)
conditioned phenomena (Buddhist)
slimy film; greasy scum
thermodynamics
young; youthful (poetic/archaic)
person; one (formal prefix)
“hair” (surname; brand transliteration)
[to] venerate highly (figurative)
sharp negative–like (figurative, rare)
laccifer tree; Indian lac tree (archaic/regional)
caste; social class (classical/archaic)
royal-deferential particle (archaic/formulaic)
poetic depiction of a stream
prefix/syllable in compounds
in profusion; abundantly (literary)
may; possibly (archaic/poetic)
Rome (classifier)
intermontane; between landforms
poetic/royal element meaning 'drop; radiance'
royal head-anointing rite
Asian palm civet (regional)
[to] play a four (card) (slang)
mental factor; mental concomitant (Buddhist psychology)
Bencha-angkapradit; five-part composition
grandmother (archaic/poetic; often honorific)
succession to the throne
Mae Lai (place/personal name)
chanting pitch: tho level
[to] scoop/ladle [liquid] with a container (regional/archaic)
classifier: pinch; tongsful; chopstickful
nurturing forest (poetic)
classifier (cartoon/character) — nonstandard
kine (from kinetics; transliteration, technical)
asset protection (bankruptcy procedure)
bright Thursday; Jupiter in an auspicious phase (astrology/poetic)
metal cluster; metal–metal bonded molecule
Manhattan metric; taxicab metric
[to] prostrate (to royalty); pay royal homage (formal)
logistics network equilibrium
a kind or generous person (literary)
official residence; governor’s house
transesterification (reaction)
ter- (Latin prefix; third; thrice)
hand (Pali/Sanskrit-derived; literary)
emphatic/familiar particle (Isan/NE Thai)
bhavaṅga (mind’s resting state)
to accept an assessment/levy (regional/archaic)
moonlight gliding over (poetic)
royal wisdom; monarch’s profound insight
Navier–Stokes equations
royal ceremonial protocol
hostile; defiant (archaic)
fatigued place; area that is tired
single-cause pathology
royal gracious occasion/opportunity
[to] order; command (dialectal/colloquial for สั่ง)
sycophantic minister; yes-man official (archaic/lit.)
civet; musk (archaic/lit.)
neutrino (subatomic particle)
scholar-scribe of sacred doctrine
[to] collimate
prefix meaning out-/forth- (literary/archaic)
slightly; somewhat (literary)
high-lead solder (Thai: โซ่หนัก)
leverage (figurative) — limited/rare
[to] extol merits; honor contributions
[to] restore the King’s health; [to] nurse the King back to health
public; common; communal (archaic/rare)
[to] be compromised sexually (euphemistic)
coaxial turbine stage
semantics (archaic/rare)
corpse; dead body (slang)
[to] respect [sb]’s mind/spirit
solo bar (music, rare/loan)
[to] invoke the five aggregates (Buddhist context)
poet of flora; poetry on plants
of craving for existence
euphony; beauty of sound
[to] extol the king’s wisdom and ability
mangrove palm (Nypa fruticans)
Aryan (racial ideology; dated/controversial)
mighty; eminent; supreme (literary/formal)