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| สีดา seeR daaM |  |
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| 1. | สีดา | seeR daaM | [Isaan term for] ฝรั่ง  , guava |
| 2. | นางสีดา | naangM seeR daaM | Rama's lover Sita, a character from the Ramayana epic |
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| Phonemic Thai | สี-ดา |
| IPA | sǐː daː |
| Royal Thai General System | sida |
| 1. [proper noun] | |||
| definition | [Isaan term for] ฝรั่ง , guava | ||
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| examples | บักสีดา | bakL seeR daaM | [Isaan term for] ฝรั่ง , guava |
| บักสีดา | bakL seeR daaM | [Isaan dialect] foreigner;  ฝรั่ง | |
| 2. นางสีดา naangM seeR daaM [proper noun, person] | |||
| definition | Rama's lover Sita, a character from the Ramayana epic | ||
| notes | The Ramayana tells the story of Sita's kidnapping by a giant (or ten-headed) demon king, ราพณาสูร (Rawana) or Tosakanth, and her detention on the island of Lanka. รามา (Rama) enlists the help of หนุมาน (Hanuman), the monkey king, to attempt a rescue. | ||
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| related words | กรุงลงกา | groongM lohngM gaaM | Lanka; (ancient) Ceylon, the city of the demon king ทศกัณฐ์  (Ravana) in รามเกียรติ์ (Ramayana) |
| ทศกัณฐ์ | thohtH saL ganM | the 'ten-necked' Ravana—the demon king of กรุงลงกา (the Lanka City) in รามเกียรติ์ (Ramayana) | |
| พระนารายณ์ | phraH naaM raaiM | [Hinduism] Narayana (Vishnu), another name for รามา (Rama), the hero of the Ramayana epic | |
| พระราม | phraH raamM | Rama, the hero character in the Ramayana epic, believed to be the avatar of พระนารายณ์ | |
| พระลักษมณ์ | phraH lakH | พระราม's brother in รามเกียรติ์ | |
| พระวิษณุ | phraH witH saL nooH | [Hinduism] (in popular Hinduism) a deity believed to have descended from heaven to earth in several incarnations, or avatars, varying in number from nine to twenty-two, but always including animals. His most important human incarnation is the Krishna of the Bhagavad-Gita | |
| พระวิษณุ | phraH witH saL nooH | [Hinduism] (in later Hinduism) "the Preserver," the second member of the ตรีมูรติ (Trimurti), along with พระพรหม (Brahma the Creator) and พระศิวะ (Shiva the Destroyer) | |
| ยักษ์ | yakH | [a character from the Ramayana epic, a] giant [or] demon | |
| ราพณาสูร | raapF phaH naaM suunR | Ravana, a demon king in the Ramayana epic | |
| รามเกียรติ์ | raamM maH giianM | the Thai version of รามายณะ | |
| รามา | raaM maaM | Rama, the hero and main character of the Ramayana epic, believed to be the avatar of พระนารายณ์ | |
| รามายณะ | raaM maaM yaH naH | Ramayana [name of the Indian literature on which the Thai counterpart รามเกียรติ์ is based] | |
| วิษณุกรรม | witH nooH gamM | the architect of the gods in Hindu mythology | |
| หนุมาน | haL nooH maanM | Hanuman, the monkey king from the Ramayana epic | |
| example | กระเช้านางสีดา | graL chaoH naangM seeR daaM | a [kind of] traditional Thai dessert with basket-like base made from wheat—delicately woven and then baked. The basket is filled with sweetened shredded ripe coconut tinted with various colors. |
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