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| ธรรม thamM / thamM maH |  |
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| 1. | ธรรม | thamM | dharma; religious teaching; religious duty |
| 2. | ธรรม | thamM | virtue; morality; precept; scruples; rightneousness; principles; doctrine |
| 3. | ธรรม | thamM | morals and ethics; the good and decent principles of life |
| 4. | ธรรม | thamM | truth; enlightenment |
| 5. | ธรรม | thamM | justice; fairness |
| 6. | ธรรม | thamM | rule; law; regulation |
| 7. | ธรรม | thamM | [things offered to a Buddhist monk] |
| 8. | ธรรม | thamM | [formalizing suffix which carries no meaning] |
| 9. | ธรรม | thamM | law of nature; normality; nature |
| 10. | ธรรม | thamM | quality; property |
| 11. | ธรรม | thamM | [a certain] rank of a Thai monk |
| 12. | ธรรม | thamM | [Thai transcription of the foreign loanword, "Dhamma" or "Dharma"] the Lord Buddha's teachings |
| 13. | พระธรรม | phraH thamM | the Lord Buddha’s teachings |
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ทัม |
| IPA | tʰam |
| Royal Thai General System | tham |
| alternate spellings | ธรรมะ | thamM maH | |
| ธรรมา | thamM maaM | ||
| ธรรม์ | thanM | ||
| ธัมม | thamM maH | ||
1.  [noun, loanword, Pali] | |||
| definition | dharma; religious teaching; religious duty | ||
| categories | |||
| examples | คริสต์ธรรม  | khritH thamM maH | the bible; Christian teachings |
| ทางธรรม | thaangM thamM maH | religious; clerical; ecclesiastical; ministerial; priestly | |
| บุตรธรรม | bootL dtraL thamM | son's or daughter's duty | |
| ธรรมาภิบาล | thamM maaM aL phiH baanM | good governance | |
| สัจธรรม | satL jaL thamM maH | (eternal) truth; dharmic truth; truth of the dharma | |
| ปฏิบัติธรรม | bpaL dtiL batL thamM | to practice dharma | |
| ประพฤติตามธรรม | bpraL phreutH dtaamM thamM | to follow dharma | |
| สามัคคีธรรม | saaR makH kheeM thamM | religious fellowship; spiritual concord | |
| ปริยัติธรรม | bpaL riH yatH dtiL thamM | the Tripitaka, a Buddhist canon of scriptures | |
| ปริยัติธรรม | bpaL riH yatH dtiL thamM | [general] religious precepts; religious education | |
| ธรรมการ | thamM maH gaanM | religious affairs; religious activity | |
| จริยธรรม | jaL riH yaH thamM | morality; ethical behaviour; ethical behavior; goodness; good ethics | |
| ญาติธรรม | yaaM dtiL thamM maH | member of the laity; non-monk | |
| ธรรมจักร | thamM maH jakL | the Wheel of the Law; the wheel of Dharma | |
| พุทธธรรม | phootH thaH thamM | Buddhist teachings; Buddhist moral code | |
| แสดงธรรม | saL daaengM thamM | to give a sermon | |
| หลักธรรม | lakL thamM maH | belief; religious principle; teaching | |
| sample sentences | มีหลายคนเคยเสนอให้เขาบวช มีทั้งเสนอในเชิงกลยุทธ์ และเสนอเพื่อให้ธรรมกล่อมเกลาจิตใจ meeM laaiR khohnM kheeuyM saL nuuhrR haiF khaoR buaatL meeM thangH saL nuuhrR naiM cheerngM gohnM laH yootH laeH saL nuuhrR pheuuaF haiF thamM glaawmL glaoM jitL jaiM "Many people recommended that he become ordained to obtain both a strategic benefit and to allow him to train his mind." | ||
เรื่องทางโลกเป็นเรื่องของกิเลสตัณหาความวุ่นวายต่าง ๆ ที่ผู้ใฝ่ทางธรรมไม่ควรข้องแวะ reuuangF thaangM lo:hkF bpenM reuuangF khaawngR giL laehtL dtanM haaR khwaamM woonF waaiM dtaangL dtaangL theeF phuuF faiL thaangM thamM maiF khuaanM khaawngF waeH "Worldly affairs involve desire, passion, and turbulence which those of the Dharma should not become involved in." | |||
| as a suffix | อาราธนาธรรม | aaM raatF thaH naaM thamM | to request a sermon (from a monk) |
| 2. [noun, loanword, Pali] | |||
| definition | virtue; morality; precept; scruples; rightneousness; principles; doctrine | ||
| examples | อารยธรรม | aaM raH yaH thamM | civilization |
| ศีลธรรม | seenR laH thamM | morals; morality, a moral standard; precepts | |
| ทรงธรรม | sohngM thamM maH | [is] virtuous | |
| ภูมิธรรม | phuumM thamM | moral standard; conscience | |
| คุณธรรม | khoonM naH thamM | good; moral goodness; virtue; merit | |
| มนุษยธรรม | maH nootH saL yaH thamM | humaneness | |
| มานุษธรรม | maaM nootH thamM | [is] humane | |
| มีมานุษธรรม | meeM maaM nootH thamM | [is] humane | |
| ความเป็นธรรม | khwaamM bpenM thamM | fairness; impartiality | |
| เป็นธรรม | bpenM thamM | [is] fair; just; equitable; impartial; justified | |
| ธรรมจริยา | thamM maH jaL riH yaaM | observance of righteousness; religious life | |
| ธรรมจรรยา | thamM maH janM yaaM | observance of righteousness; religious life | |
| ธรรมจรณะ | thamM maH jaL raH naH | observance of righteousness; religious life | |
| กิจอันเป็นธรรม | gitL anM bpenM thamM | righteousness; cause of virtue | |
| อธรรม | aL thamM maH | [is] unrighteous; irreligious; wicked; unjust; bad; evil; lawless | |
| อธรรม | aL thamM maH | lawlessness; impiety; evil; wickedness; immorality | |
| สัตย์ธรรม | satL thamM | [is] faithful | |
| ผู้สัตย์ธรรม | phuuF satL thamM | the faithful; a faithful person | |
| พรรคประชาธรรม | phakH bpraL chaaM thamM | People's Justice Party | |
| sample sentence | |||
| 3. [noun, loanword, Pali] | |||
| definition | morals and ethics; the good and decent principles of life | ||
| examples | หลักธรรมประพฤติ | lakL thamM maH bpraL phreutH | practical dharma principles |
| ธรรมศาสตร์ | thamM maH saatL | jurisprudence; law; treatise on law; science of law; science of morals and ethics | |
| ธรรมราชา | thamM maH raaM chaaM | Dhamma-Raja or Righteous King | |
| ขันติธรรม | khanR dtiL thamM | toleration; tolerance | |
| 4. [noun, loanword, Pali] | |||
| definition | truth; enlightenment | ||
| examples | ได้ดวงตาเห็นธรรม | daiF duaangM dtaaM henR thamM maH | [religious] to attain enlightenment |
| ธรรมศาสตร์ | thamM maH saatL | Thammasart; Thammasat | |
| บรรลุธรรม | banM looH thamM | to attain enlightenment | |
| 5. [noun, loanword, Pali] | |||
| definition | justice; fairness | ||
| examples | ความเที่ยงธรรม | khwaamM thiiangF thamM maH | fairness |
| ยุติธรรม | yootH dtiL thamM | fair; just | |
| ความยุติธรรม | khwaamM yootH dtiL thamM maH | justice | |
| เที่ยงธรรม | thiiangF thamM | just; fair | |
| อยุติธรรม | aL yootH dtiL thamM | [is] unfair; unjust | |
| ความอยุติธรรม | khwaamM aL yootH dtiL thamM | injustice; unfairness | |
| ไร้ซึ่งความเป็นธรรม | raiH seungF khwaamM bpenM thamM | without fairness or justice | |
การแข่งขันที่เสรีและเป็นธรรม gaanM khaengL khanR theeF saehR reeM laeH bpenM thamM free and fair competition | |||
| เที่ยงธรรม | thiiangF thamM | fairly; impartially; equitably; righteously; unbiasedly; uprightly; morally; dispassionately; justly | |
| sample sentence | บรรษัทภิบาลที่ดี ความหมายถึงการบริหารจัดการธุรกิจที่เป็นธรรมโปร่งใส และเสมอภาค banM satL phiH baanM theeF deeM khwaamM maaiR theungR gaanM baawM riH haanR jatL gaanM thooH raH gitL theeF bpenM thamM bpro:hngL saiR laeH saL muuhrR phaakF "Good corporate governance means running a business in a fair and honest manner, with transparency, and impartiality." | ||
| 6. [noun, loanword, Pali] | |||
| definition | rule; law; regulation | ||
| categories | |||
| examples | ธรรมะแห่งหมู่คณะ | thamM maH haengL muuL khaH naH | the law of the society |
| นิติธรรม | niH dtiL thamM | the "Rule of Law" | |
| อำนาจคือธรรม | amM naatF kheuuM thamM maH | "Might is right." | |
| 7. [noun, loanword, Pali] | |||
| definition | [things offered to a Buddhist monk] | ||
| example | เครื่องปัจจัยไทยธรรม | khreuuangF bpatL jaiM thaiM thamM maH | things offered to a Buddhist monk |
| 8. | |||
| definition | [formalizing suffix which carries no meaning] | ||
| categories | |||
| examples | มนุษธรรม | maH nootH saL yaH thamM | humanity |
| เสรีธรรม | saehR reeM thamM | freedom principle | |
| 9. [noun, loanword, Pali] | |||
| definition | law of nature; normality; nature | ||
| examples | ธรรมชาติ | thamM maH chaatF | natural; occurring in nature; spontaneous |
| โดยธรรมชาติ | dooyM thamM maH chaatF | naturally | |
| ทางธรรมชาติ | thaangM thamM maH chaatF | natural | |
| ธรรมชาติ | thamM maH chaatF | nature; creation; mother nature | |
| 10. [noun, loanword, Pali] | |||
| definition | quality; property | ||
| 11. [noun, loanword, Pali] | |||
| definition | [a certain] rank of a Thai monk | ||
| 12. [noun, proper noun, formal, loanword, Pali] | |||
| definition | [Thai transcription of the foreign loanword, "Dhamma" or "Dharma"] the Lord Buddha's teachings | ||
| sample sentence | |||
| 13. พระธรรม phraH thamM [noun, loanword, Pali] | |||
| definition | the Lord Buddha’s teachings | ||
| categories | |||
| related words | บรรพชิต | bapL chitH | priest; monk; clergyman |
พระ  | phraH | priest; minister; cleric; monk; padre; god; Buddha image | |
| พระพุทธ | phraH phootH | Buddha | |
| พระสงฆ์ | phraH sohngR | monk | |
| พระรัตนตรัย | phraH ratH dtaL naH dtraiM | The Triple Gem | |
| sample sentence | พระธรรมคำสั่งสอนของพระพุทธเจ้าซึมซาบเข้าไปในใจของพุทธศาสนิกชน phraH thamM khamM sangL saawnR khaawngR phraH phootH thaH jaoF seumM saapF khaoF bpaiM naiM jaiM khaawngR phootH thaH saatL saL nikH gaL chohnM "The teachings of the Buddha permeate the hearts and minds of his followers." | ||
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