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Pali
Noun
อุปมา f
- Thai script form of upamā
Thai
Etymology
From Pali upamā (“likeness; simile; parable; example”). Cognate with Khmer ឧបមា (ʼŏbâméa), Lao ອຸປະມາ (ʼu pa mā), Burmese ဥပမာ (u.pa.ma).
Pronunciation
Noun
อุปมา • (ùp-bpà-maa)
- something to which an action, condition, etc, is compared, such as "dream" in "beautiful like a dream".
- (literature) analogy; simile.
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Verb
อุปมา • (ùp-bpà-maa) (abstract noun การอุปมา)
- (elegant, literary, poetic) to compare (something to something).
- (elegant, literary, poetic) to be compared (to something); to be like; to resemble; to be equivalent (to); to be on a par (with).