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| วิหาร wiH haanR |  |
| Royal Institute - 1982 | ||||||||
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | วิ-หาน |
| IPA | wíʔ hǎːn |
| Royal Thai General System | wihan |
| [noun, formal, loanword, Pali] | |||
| definition | viharn; temple; hall of image; edifice; place for preaching; priest's abode | ||
| classifier | หลัง  | langR | [numerical classifier for pianos, houses, buildings] |
| categories | |||
| related words | โบสถ์  | bo:htL | church; temple; chapel; an assembly building in a monastery compound |
| เมรุ | maehnM | cremation tower; funeral pyre; crematorium | |
| ศาลา | saaR laaM | meeting hall (in a temple) | |
| สัปเหร่อ | sapL bpaL ruuhrL | undertaker; caretaker of the crematorium [เมรุ] in a Buddhist temple | |
| examples | เขาพระวิหาร | khaoR phraH wiH haanR | an ancient Khmer temple on the Thai-Cambodian border |
| พรหมวิหารสี่ | phrohmM wiH haanR seeL | the Four Priniciples of virtuous existence | |
| วรวิหาร | waawM raH wiH haanR | [suffix for the name of a] secondary royal temple | |
| ราชวรวิหาร | raatF chaH waawM raH wiH haanR | royal chosen temple hall | |
| พรหมวิหาร | phrohmM maH wiH haanR | four principles virtuous existence; sublime states of mind | |
| วิหารทานการบุญ | wiH haanR thaanM gaanM boonM | temple constructed to make merit | |
| sample sentences | |||
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