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âÅ¡  lohkF
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1.âÅ¡lohkFthe planet Earth
2.âÅ¡lohkFthe world
3.µÅÒ´âÅ¡dtaL laatL lohkFworld market; global marketplace

pronunciation guide
Phonemic ThaiâÅ¡
IPAlôːk
Royal Thai General Systemlok

1. common Thai word   [noun]
definition
the planet Earth

image    
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examples¢ÑéÇâÅ¡khuaaF lohkFmagnetic or geographic pole of the earth
¤ÃͧâÅ¡khraawngM lohkFto dominate the world; to rule the earth
«Õ¡âÅ¡seekF lohkFhemisphere
µÔ´ÍÂÙèã¹âÅ¡dtitL yuuL naiM lohkFto remain attached to the affairs of the earthly world
ÃкºËÒ¾Ô¡Ñ´º¹¾×é¹âÅ¡raH bohpL haaR phiH gatL bohnM pheuunH lohkFGlobal Positioning System; GPS
àÃ×èͧÃÒÇ·Ò§âÅ¡reuuangF raaoM thaangM lohkFworldly concerns
ͧ¤ì¡ÒÃ͹ÒÁÑÂâÅ¡ohng[k]M gaanM aL naaM maiM lohkFthe World Health Organization
sample
sentences
¡ÒÃÈÖ¡ÉÒÁÇŪ¹áÅÐÃкºÊ×èÍÊÒäÁ¹Ò¤ÁÊÁÑÂãËÁè¡ÓÅѧ·ÓãËéÀÒÉÒµèÒ§ æ ¹Ò¹Òã¹âÅ¡ÃèǧËÅè¹Å§ÁÒàËÁ×͹ãºäÁé¡ÅÒ§Ä´ÙáÅé§
gaanM seukL saaR muaanM chohnM laeH raH bohpL seuuL saanR khaH maH naaM khohmM saL maiR maiL gahmM langM thahmM haiF phaaM saaR dtaangL dtaangL naaM naaM naiM lohkF ruaangF lohnL lohngM maaM meuuanR baiM maaiH glaangM reuH duuM laaengH
"Public education and modern communication systems are causing many different languages to fall like leaves in the dry season."
à¡ÉµÃ¡ÃàÍÒà¹×éÍ·Õèä»»ÅÙ¡¾×ª·Ó¹éÓÁѹ ·ÓãËé¾×ª¾Ãó¸Ñ­­ÒËÒÃá¾§¢Öé¹·ÑèÇâÅ¡
gaL saeht[r]L gaawnM aoM neuuaH theeF bpaiM bpluukL pheuutF thahmM nahmH manM thahmM haiF pheuutF phanM thanM yaaM haanR phaaengM kheunF thuaaF lohkF
"Farmers use their land to grow oil-generating crops; this results in price increases for grain production world-wide."
¢éͤ鹾º¢Í§à¢ÒãËéâÅ¡µéͧ»ÃШѡÉìã¹ÍÓ¹Ò¨¢Í§ÇÔ¸Õ¡Ò÷ҧÇÔ·ÂÒÈÒʵÃì
khaawF khohnH phohpH khaawngR khaoR haiF lohkF dtaawngF bpraL jak[s]L naiM ahmM naatF khaawngR wiH theeM gaanM thaangM witH thaH yaaM saat[dr]L
"His discoveries provided clear evidence to the world of the power of the scientific method."
¢èÒÇã¹Ë¹Ñ§Ê×;ÔÁ¾ìàÁ×èÍàªéÒ¹ÕéàÍè¶֧¤ÇÒÁ¡Ñ§ÇŢͧ¼ÙéÁÕº·ºÒ·ã¹¹âºÒÂàÈÃɰ¡Ô¨·ÑèÇâÅ¡àÃ×èͧÍÒËÒÃá¾§
khaaoL naiM nangR seuuR phim[p]M meuuaF chaaoH neeH eeuyL theungR khwaamM gangM wohnM khaawngR phuuF meeM bohtL baatL naiM naH yohM baayM saehtL thaL gitL thuaaF lohkF reuuangF aaM haanR phaaengM
"This morning’s newspaper referred to the concerns of those who have a role in forming world-wide economic policy regarding the high price of foodstuffs."
¤¹ÍÕ¡¨Ó¹Ç¹ÁÒ¡ ·Ñ¹âÅ¡·Ñ¹ÊÁÑÂäÁèä´é ¨Ö§¡ÅÒÂà»ç¹ª¹ªÑé¹Í¹Ò¶Ò µ¡¹Í¡¢ÍºÊѧ¤Á äÃé·ÃѾÂì äÃéÊÔ·¸Ô äÃéàÊÕ§ àÅÕ駪վ´éÇÂÍÒª­Ò¡ÃÃÁ ˹շء¢ì´éÇÂÂÒàʾµÔ´ ·Ø¡Êѧ¤ÁÁÕ¤¹áºº¹ÕéºéÒ§
khohnM eekL jahmM nuaanM maakF thanM lohkF thanM saL maiR maiF daiF jeungM glaayM bpenM chohnM chanH aL naaM thaaR dtohkL naawkF khaawpL sangR khohmM raiH sap[y]H raiH sitL thiH raiH siiangR liiangH cheepF duayF aatL chaH yaaM gamM neeR thook[k]H duayF yaaM saehpL dtitL thookH sangR khohmM meeM khohnM baaepL neeH baangF
"Another large number of people cannot cope with modernity and become members of the 'impoverished class.' They fall outside the bounds of society; they are without wealth and without any rights; they have no voice (in the political system); they support themselves through crime; they escape poverty through (selling) drugs. Every society has people like this."
¤Õµ¡ÇÕãË­è æ ¢Í§âÅ¡Åéǹà¤Â¶Ù¡¹Ñ¡ÇÔ¨Òóì«Öè§µÒÁäÁè·Ñ¹â¨ÁµÕáËÅ¡ÅÒ­ÁÒáÅéÇ·Ñé§¹Ñé¹
kheeM dtaL gweeM yaiL yaiL khaawngR lohkF luaanH kheeuyM thuukL nakH wiH jaan[n]M seungF dtaamM maiF thanM johmM dteeM laaekL laanM maaM laaeoH thangH nanH
"World-renown composers of music have always been heavily criticized by critics who cannot understand (their artistic expressions)."
à¤ÂÁÕ¤¹·Ó¹ÒÂÇèÒËÅÒ ¾Ñ¹»Õµè͹Õé仾×é¹âÅ¡¨Ðä´éÃѧÊÕÁÒ¡¢Öé¹ ¤¹¼ÔÇ´Ó¨Ðà»ç¹à¾Õ§à¼èҾѹ¸Øìà´ÕÂÇ·ÕèÂѧàËÅ×ͪÕÇÔµÃÍ´ÍÂÙèä´é
kheeuyM meeM khohnM thahmM naayM waaF laayR phanM bpeeM dtaawL neeH bpaiM pheuunH lohkF jaL daiF rangM seeR maakF kheunF khohnM phiuR dahmM jaL bpenM phiiangM phaoL phan[t]M diaaoM theeF yangM leuuaR cheeM witH raawtF yuuL daiF
Someone once predicted that thousands of years into the future, (when) the earth’s surface will encounter much more of the sun’s rays, that the only race remaining (on Earth) will be people with dark skin.
á¤è¡ÒÅÔàÅâͤԴÇèÒ...âÅ¡äÁèãªèÈÙ¹Âì¡ÅÒ§¢Í§ÃкºÊØÃÔ¨ѡÃÇÒÅ ¡çá·º¨Ð¶Ù¡à¼Ò·Ñé§à»ç¹ à¾ÃÒж×ÍÇèÒ¤ÇÒÁ¤Ô´àªè¹¹Õéà»ç¹ÍѹµÃÒµèÍÈÒʹÒ
khaaeF gaaM liH laehM ohM khitH waaF lohkF maiF chaiF suun[y]R glaangM khaawngR raH bohpL sooL riH yaH jakL raH waanM gawF thaaepF jaL thuukL phaoR thangH bpenM phrawH theuuR waaF khwaamM khitH chehnF neeH bpenM anM dtraayM dtaawL saatL saL naaR
"Galileo believed that the earth was not the center of the solar system and was almost burned alive because it was believed that this ideas was dangerous to religion."
ã´ æ ã¹âÅ¡Åéǹ͹Ԩ¨Ñ§
daiM daiM naiM lohkF luaanH aL nitH jangM
"All is unstable, not lasting, uncertain and transitory."
...áµè·ÕèÊӤѭ¤×Í¡ÒÃÁÕÁ¹ØÉ¸ÃÃÁµèÍà¾×è͹ÃèÇÁâÅ¡àÁ×èÍàËç¹ÀѾԺѵԤÃèÒªÕÇÔµ¼Ù餹·ÕèÍÒ¨àÃÕ¡ä´éÇèÒµÒÂà»ç¹àº×Í áÅзÃѾÂìÊÔ¹àÊÕÂËÒÂÂèÍÂÂѺ
dtaaeL theeF sahmR khanM kheuuM gaanM meeM maH nootH saL yaH thamM maH dtaawL pheuuanF ruaamF lohkF meuuaF henR phaiM phiH batL khraaF cheeM witH phuuF khohnM theeF aatL riiakF daiF waaF dtaayM bpenM beuuaM laeH sap[y]H sinR siiaR haayR yaawyF yapH
...but most importantly the humaneness and compassion (we need to show) to our friends on this earth when we see the tragedy which takes the lives of (our fellow) human beings, which we may call “perishing in great numbers,” as well as the utter destruction of (their) property.
ã¹á¹Ç·Ò§¢Í§¼ÙéàªÕèÂǪҭ ´ÙàËÁ×͹¨Ðà¾è§àÅç§ä»ÍÂÙè·Õè¡ÒÃà¾ÔèÁ¾×é¹·Õè¡ÒÃà¾ÒлÅÙ¡¢Í§âÅ¡ãËéÁÒ¡¢Öé¹
naiM naaeoM thaangM khaawngR phuuF chiaaoF chaanM duuM meuuanR jaL phehngF lengM bpaiM yuuL theeF gaanM pheermF pheuunH theeF gaanM phawH bpluukL khaawngR lohkF haiF maakF kheunF
"Looking at expert models, it appears that they are keeping an eye on increasing the amount of land world-wide devoted to farming."
ã¹ËÅÒ æ Êèǹ¢Í§âÅ¡ ÃÒ¤ÒÍÒËÒ÷Õèá¾§ËÙ©ÕèáÅСÒâҴá¤Å¹ÍÒËÒ÷ÓãËéà¡Ô´¡ÒèÅÒ¨Å
naiM laayR laayR suaanL khaawngR lohkF raaM khaaM aaM haanR theeF phaaengM huuR cheeL laeH gaanM khaatL khlaaenM aaM haanR thahmM haiF geertL gaanM jaL laaM johnM
"In many parts of the world the price of food which has become exorbitantly expensive and food shortages have caused riots to break out."
»ÃÐà·Èä·ÂäÁèä´éà»ç¹»ÃÐà·ÈºéÒ¹»èÒàÁ×ͧà¶×è͹·Õè¨Ð·ÓÍÐäà æ¹Í¡ÃÕµ¹Í¡ÃÍÂâ´ÂäÁèʹã¨ä´յèÍÊÒµҪÒÇâÅ¡
bpraL thaehtF thaiM maiF daiF bpenM bpraL thaehtF baanF bpaaL meuuangM theuuanL theeF jaL thahmM aL raiM aL raiM naawkF reetF naawkF raawyM dooyM maiF sohnR jaiM yaiM deeM dtaawL saayR dtaaM chaaoM lohkF
"Thailand is not a barbarous country which acts outside the bounds of convention nor is it uninterested in (how it is viewed) in the eyes of the world."
àÁµµÒ¸ÃÃÁ¤éӨعâÅ¡
maehtF dtaaM thamM maH khahmH joonM lohkF
"Love makes the world go 'round."
àÁ×èÍ¡ÃÐáÊâÅ¡ÒÀÔÇѵ¹ì ¾Ñ´»¡¤ÅØÁ·ÑèÇâÅ¡ ¡Í§·Ñ¾ã¹ÀÒ¾ÃÇÁ¢Í§¡ÒÃàÁ×ͧâÅ¡ ¡ÅѺÍÂÙèã¹ÀÒÇТͧ¡Òö͹µÑÇÍÍ¡¨Ò¡¡ÒÃàÁ×ͧ
meuuaF graL saaeR lohM gaaM phiH wat[n]H phatH bpohkL khloomM thuaaF lohkF gaawngM thapH naiM phaapF ruaamM khaawngR gaanM meuuangM lohkF glapL yuuL naiM phaaM waH khaawngR gaanM thaawnR dtuaaM aawkL jaakL gaanM meuuangM
"Once the tide of globalization covered the globe, in the big picture the military began to recede from political (involvement)."
áÅйѺÇѹâÅ¡àÃÒ¨Ðä´éÃѺÍѹµÃÒ¨ҡáʧᴴÁÒ¡¢Öé¹ à¾ÃÒЪÑé¹âÍ⫹¶Ù¡·ÓÅÒ ãËéºÒ§Å§
laeH napH wanM lohkF raoM jaL daiF rapH anM dtraayM jaakL saaengR daaetL maakF kheunF phrawH chanH ohM sohnM thuukL thahmM laayM haiF baangM lohngM
And, as time goes on, our Earth will experience increasing danger from the sun’s rays because the ozone layer is being destroyed and becoming thinner.
âÅ¡àÃÒ¤ÇÃàµçÁä»´éÇÂἧǧ¨Ãä¿¿éÒ¨Ò¡áʧÍÒ·ÔµÂìáÅСѧËѹÅÁº¹ÂÍ´à¢ÒáÅЪÒ·ÐàÅ
lohkF raoM khuaanM dtemM bpaiM duayF phaaengR wohngM jaawnM faiM faaH jaakL saaengR aaM thit[y]H laeH gangM hanR lohmM bohnM yaawtF khaoR laeH chaayM thaH laehM
"Our world should be filled with solar cell arrays and wind turbines on the top of mountains and along the sea coast."
ÈÔÅ»ìâºÃÒ³·Ñé§âÅ¡à»ç¹ÊÁºÑµÔ¢Í§ª¹ªÑé¹ÊÙ§
sin[p]R bohM raanM thangH lohkF bpenM sohmR batL khaawngR chohnM chanH suungR
"All over the world in the past the Arts were the property of the upper classes."
2. common Thai word   [noun]
definition
the world

related wordsàÇÔÅ´ì weern[d]M[Thai transcription of the foreign loanword, "world"]
¾ÔÀ¾ phiH phohpHthe world
examples¡ÃÐáÊâÅ¡graL saaeR lohkFglobal trends
à¨éÒâÅ¡jaoF lohkF[idiom for] a man's penis
à¨éÒâÅ¡jaoF lohkFhegemony; hegemonic power
ªèӪͧâÅ¡chahmF chaawngM lohkFworldly; possessing a practical and often shrewd understanding of human affairs
ªÕÇâÅ¡cheeM waH lohkFall life of the world
·Ñé§âÅ¡thangH lohkFall over the world
·ÑèÇ·Ñé§âÅ¡thuaaF thangH lohkFall over this wide earth
·ÑèÇ·Ø¡ÁØÁâÅ¡thuaaF thookH moomM lohkFin all corners of the earth
·ÑèÇâÅ¡thuaaF lohkFworldwide, the world over; throughout the world; all over the world; all around the world; global
·Ò§âÅ¡thaangM lohkFworldly; secular; earthly; material; temporal; fleshy
·ÕèÊØ´ã¹âÅ¡theeF sootL naiM lohkF"the best in the world"
¸¹Ò¤ÒÃâÅ¡thaH naaM khaanM lohkFthe World Bank
¹ÒÁ¡ÃÐà´×èͧ价ÑèÇâÅ¡
naamM graL deuuangL bpaiM thuaaF lohkF
name well-known throughout the world
ã¹âÅ¡naiM lohkF...in the world
¾é¹¨Ò¡âÅ¡phohnH jaakL lohkFreligious; clerical; ecclesiastical; ministerial; priestly
¾é¹ÇÔÊÑÂâÅ¡phohnH wiH saiR lohkFreligious; clerical; ecclesiastical; ministerial; priestly; ethical
¾ÅâÅ¡phohnM lohkFcitizens of the world
âÁÅÕâÅ¡mohM leeM lohkFking of the world; greatest in the world
ÂÁâÅ¡yaH maH lohkFthe world of the dead
áç´Ö§´Ù´¢Í§âÅ¡raaengM deungM duutL khaawngR lohkF[physics] gravity
ÅÙ¡âÅ¡¨ÓÅͧluukF lohkF jahmM laawngMa (model) world globe
ʧ¤ÃÒÁâÅ¡sohngR khraamM lohkFworld war
ʧ¤ÃÒÁâÅ¡¤ÃÑé§·ÕèÊͧsohngR khraamM lohkF khrangH theeF saawngRWorld War II
ʧ¤ÃÒÁâÅ¡¤ÃÑé§·Õè˹Öè§
sohngR khraamM lohkF khrangH theeF neungL
World War I
ÊѵÇìâÅ¡sat[w]L lohkFthe animal kingdom; all creation
ËÅØ´âÅ¡lootL lohkFsomeone or something's peculiarity, weirdness and eccentricity in their characteristics, habits, and appearances; out-of-this-world, far-out; eccentric, unconventional, quirky, dippy
à˹×ÍâÅ¡neuuaR lohkFreligious; clerical; ecclesiastical; ministerial; priestly
sample
sentences
à¢Ò¡ÓÅѧ¾ÂÒÂÒÁ¨Ð¸ÓçÊÀÒ¾àËÅ×èÍÁÅéÓµèÓÊÙ§ÃÐËÇèÒ§âÅ¡·ÕèÃèÓÃÇÂáÅÐâÅ¡·ÕèÂÒ¡¨¹
khaoR gahmM langM phaH yaaM yaamM jaL thahmM rohngM saL phaapF leuuamL lahmH dtahmL suungR raH waangL lohkF theeF rahmF ruayM laeH lohkF theeF yaakF johnM
"He is trying to maintain the inequality between the world of the rich and the world of the poor."
ªèÒ§à»ç¹âÅ¡·Õè§´§ÒÁàÊÕ¹Õè¡ÃÐäÃ!
changF bpenM lohkF theeF ngohtH ngaamM siiaR neeF graL raiM
"What a wonderful world!"
à´ÇÔ´ ¤Í»à»ÍÃì¿ÕÅ´ìà»ç¹¹Ñ¡ÁÒÂҡŪ×èʹѧÃдѺâÅ¡¤¹Ë¹Öè§
daehM witH khaawpF bpuuhrM feen[d]M bpenM nakH maaM yaaM gohnM cheuuF dangM raH dapL lohkF khohnM neungL
"David Copperfield is a world-famous magician."
ÃҤҢͧ¹éÓÁѹ㹵ÅÒ´âÅ¡¾Øè§à¾ÔèÁ¢Ö鹨ҡ¡ÒÃà¡ç§¡Óä÷ÓãËéÍØ»Ê§¤ì¡ÑºÍØ»·Ò¹ã¹µÅÒ´äÁèÊÁ´ØÅ¡Ñ¹
raaM khaaM khaawngR nahmH manM naiM dtaL laatL lohkF phoongF pheermF kheunF jaakL gaanM gengM gahmM raiM thahmM haiF oopL bpaL sohng[k]R gapL oopL bpaL thaanM naiM dtaL laatL maiF saL maH doonM ganM
"The price of oil in the world markets is gushing upwards due to speculation; this causes demand and supply to be out of balance."
âÅ¡·ÕèäÃéÀѤء¤ÒÁËÅÑ¡ æ ã¹·Ò§·ËÒùÑé¹äÁè¨Óà»ç¹µéͧãËé·ËÒÃà»ç¹ËÅÑ¡»ÃСѹ ´éÒ¹¤ÇÒÁÁÑ蹤§
lohkF theeF raiH phaiM khookH khaamM lakL lakL naiM thaangM thaH haanR nanH maiF jahmM bpenM dtaawngF haiF thaH haanR bpenM lakL bpraL ganM daanF khwaamM manF khohngM
"(In) a world free of substantial military threats, it is not necessary for the military to serve as a security guarantor."
3. µÅÒ´âÅ¡  dtaL laatL lohkF  [noun]
definition
world market; global marketplace

sample
sentence
·ÕèÃѰÁÕ¹âºÒªèÇÂàËÅ×Í¡ÒþѲ¹Ò¡ÒüÅÔµ ¨Ð¼ÅÔµÊÔ¹¤éÒÍÐäÃ æ ¼ÅÔµÊÔ¹¤éÒª¹Ô´ã´ ¨Ö§¨ÐÊÒÁÒöá¢è§¢Ñ¹¡ÑºµÅÒ´âÅ¡ä´é
theeF ratH meeM naH yohM baayM chuayF leuuaR gaanM phatH naaM gaanM phaL litH jaL phaL litH sinR khaaH aL raiM aL raiM phaL litH sinR khaaH chaH nitH daiM jeungM jaL saaR maatF khaengL khanR gapL dtaL laatL lohkF daiF
Whatever policies the government has in place to assist development of production, (to determine) what agricultural goods should be produced and what specific kinds of produce (should be grown), should allow (the farmers) to be competitive in world markets.

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