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อบาย

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Thai

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Pali apāya, ultimately Sanskrit अपाय (apāya, danger, destruction).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicอบาย
ɒ ɓ ā y
Phonemic
อะ-บาย
ɒ a – ɓ ā y
[bound form]
อะ-บาย-ยะ-
ɒ a – ɓ ā y – y a –
RomanizationPaiboonà-baaià-baai-yá-
Royal Institutea-baia-bai-ya-
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔa˨˩.baːj˧/(R)/ʔa˨˩.baːj˧.ja˦˥./

Noun

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อบาย (à-baai)

  1. (elegant) ruination; destruction
  2. (elegant, theology) hell
  3. (Buddhist cosmology) any of the following four inferior realms inhabited by sinful creatures: นรกภูมิ, ติรัจฉานภูมิ, เปรตวิสัยภูมิ, อสุรกายภูมิ

Synonyms

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(sense 2)

Derived terms

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