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| ชาวไร่ chaaoM raiF |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ชาว-ไร่ |
| IPA | tɕʰaːw râj |
| Royal Thai General System | chao rai |
| [noun, phrase, colloquial] | |||
| definition | vegetable grower; farmer (in general, other than rice farmer) | ||
| classifier | คน  | khohnM | [numerical classifier for persons/occupations] |
| categories | |||
| components |  ชาว | chaaoM | folk; people; people of |
| ไร่ | raiF | farm which produces a crop other than rice; hillside plantings and forests | |
| related words | กสิกร | gaL siL gaawnM | a farmer; agriculturist; livestock farmer; peasant |
| เกษตรกร | gaL saehtL dtraL gaawnM | [general] farmer, a farmer other than a rice farmer; agriculturist or agriculturalist | |
| ชาวสวน | chaaoM suaanR | gardener; planter; orchard growers | |
| examples | ชาวนาชาวไร่ | chaaoM naaM chaaoM raiF | [general] farmer; agriculturist |
| ชาวไร่ชาวนา | chaaoM raiF chaaoM naaM | farmer; agriculturalist | |
| sample sentence | ในจินตนาการของชนชั้นกลาง เวลาพูดคำว่าชาวไร่ มักจะมีคำว่า ผู้ยากไร้ ห้อยท้ายมาด้วยเสมอ naiM jinM dtaL naaM gaanM khaawngR chohnM chanH glaangM waehM laaM phuutF khamM waaF chaaoM raiF makH jaL meeM khamM waaF phuuF yaakF raiH haawyF thaaiH maaM duayF saL muuhrR "In the mind of the middle class when they use the term “rice farmer”, they often append the word “poverty-stricken” to it." | ||
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