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Pali
Noun
นรก m
- Thai script form of naraka (“hell”)
Declension
Declension table of "นรก" (masculine)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
- নৰক (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬭᬓ (Balinese script)
- নরক (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰨𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀭𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- နရက (Burmese script)
- नरक (Devanagari script)
- નરક (Gujarati script)
- ਨਰਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌰𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦫꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂩𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ನರಕ (Kannada script)
- នរក (Khmer script)
- ນຣກ (Lao script)
- നരക (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᠠᡵᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘨𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠠᠷᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧈𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐬𑐎 (Newa script)
- ନରକ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢬꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆫𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖨𑖎 (Siddham script)
- නරක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩼𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚤𑚊 (Takri script)
- நரக (Tamil script)
- నరక (Telugu script)
- ན་ར་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒩𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨫𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Noun
นรก • (náraka) stem, m or n
- Thai script form of नरक (“hell”)
Thai
Etymology
Borrowed from Pali naraka or Sanskrit नरक (naraka); possibly via Old Khmer naraka, naroka, °narraka, °nāraka (“hell; purgatory”). Cognate with Burmese နရက် (na.rak), Modern Khmer នរក (nɔrŭək), Lao ນະລົກ (na lok), Dhivehi ނަރަކަ (naraka).
Pronunciation
Noun
นรก • (ná-rók)
- (Buddhism, Hinduism) (classifier ขุม) naraka: realm in which beings are born and punished for the sins committed in previous lives.
- 1345/46, พระมหาธรรมราชาที่ ๑, “ไตรภูมิกถา”, in ราชบัณฑิตยสถาน (2011) พจนานุกรมศัพท์วรรณคดีไทย สมัยสุโขทัย ไตรภูมิกถา (in Thai), 2nd edition, Bangkok: ราชบัณฑิตยสถาน, →ISBN, page 20:
- ฝูงสัตว์ทั้งหลายอันได้กระทำบาปด้วยกาย ด้วยปาก ด้วยใจ ดังกล่าวแล้วนี้ ย่อมได้ไปเกิดในจตุราบาย มีอาทิคือนรกใหญ่ ๘ ขุมนั้น
- fǔung sàt táng-lǎai an dâai grà-tam bàap dûai gaai · dûai bpàak · dûai jai · dang glàao lɛ́ɛo níi · yɔ̂m dâai bpai gə̀ət nai jà-dtù-raa-baai · mii aa-tí kʉʉ ná-rók yài · bpɛ̀ɛt · kǔm nán
- All the creatures that have committed sins with bodies, with mouths, with minds, as previously described, would have to be born in caturāpāya, such as those eight great naraka, for instance.
- (figurative) place, state, or cause of torment or misery.
2019 April 24, ยิ่งยศ ปัญญา, 4:20 from the start, in ฉันผลักลูกลงนรกด้วยมือของฉันเอง (กรงกรรม), spoken by ย้อย อัศวรุ่งเรืองกิจ (ใหม่ เจริญปุระ), Bangkok: Channel 3, retrieved 2019-07-30:
- ฉันผลักลูกลงนรกด้วยมือของฉันเอง
- chǎn plàk lûuk long ná-rók dûai mʉʉ kɔ̌ɔng chǎn eeng
- I plunged kids into naraka with my own hands.
- (theology, mythology) hell; purgatory; underworld; realm of the dead.
- (derogatory, offensive) disagreeable person; condemnable person; disgusting person.
Synonyms
Adjective
นรก • (ná-rók) (abstract noun ความนรก)
- (slang, sometimes considered vulgar, derogatory or offensive) mischievous, malicious; ill, wicked; dangerous, harmful; deadly, fetal; ruinous, destructive; bad; imperfect.
- จังหวะนรก
- jang-wà ná-rók
- Bad timing; imperfect timing; ruinous timing
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