กุมาร

From Sanskrit कुमार (kumāra, “boy; child; groom; heir apparent; prince; son; young man; etc”, literally “one who easily dies”); probably via Old Khmer កុមារ៑ (kumār) or Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer កុមារ (kumāra, “boy; son; youth; prince, heir apparent, crown prince (found only as a personal name, slave name, and toponym)”).
Cognate with Modern Khmer កុមារ (komaa), Lao ກຸມານ (ku mān).

bor

(slang) child ghost servant, created by surgically removing an unborn baby from the womb of its mother, roasting the baby until its body dries during a rite held at a graveyard, and covering the dry-roasted corpse with gold leaf. The corpse is carried by someone who believes that the ghost dwelling in it may be employed.


สวรรค์

th-noun

สวรรค์ • (sà-wǎn)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्वर्ग (svarga). Compare Pali sagga. Cognate with Lao ສະຫວັນ (sa wan), Lü ᩈ᩠ᩅᩢᩁ᩠ᨣ᩺, Northern Thai ᩈ᩠ᩅᩢᩁ᩠ᨣ᩺.

lbor

paradise; place or state of supreme happiness.


นรก

th-noun

นรก • (ná-rók)

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 (nɔɔnɔrŭək), Lao ນະລົກ (na lok), Dhivehi ނަރަކަ (naraka).

(theology, mythology) hell; purgatory; underworld; realm of the dead.


โสม

โสม • (sǒom)

From Sanskrit सोम (soma, “soma plant; a kind of boiled vine from Vedic India, made from the plant soma, drunk as medicine and offered to gods; also associated with the moon after the Vedic period”). Cognate with Old Khmer soma°; Modern Khmer សោម (saom).

bor

(botany) Jewels of Opar, flameflower (Talinum paniculatum, family Portulacaceae)

(botany) sweetheart (Talinum fruticosum, family Portulacaceae).

(botany) any of the various plants of the genus Panax (family Araliaceae).

(Hinduism) a kind of beverage made from the juice of an ivy plant mixed with clarified butter, traditionally offered to Indra and other gods.


กระสือ

th-noun

กระสือ • (grà-sʉ̌ʉ)

/kra˨˩.sɯː˩˩˦/

(botany) a type of turmeric that resembles zedoary, traditionally believed to be of a supernatural power to possess a woman like the said spirit.


สุวาน

From Pali suvāna (“dog”). Compare with Lao ສຸວານ (su wān).

(Buddhism) clerk of the Naraka hell, bearing the duty to keep records about living beings, such as births and deaths, merits and sins, etc.


เปรต

From Sanskrit प्रेत (preta, “dead body; dead person; ghost; etc”, literally “one who has gone; one who has departed; one who has passed away”). Cognate with English preta; Lao ເຜດ (phēt); Old Khmer preta; Modern Khmer ប្រេត (praet).

bor

(Buddhism, Hinduism) preta: a type of supernatural creature born to undergo punishment or suffering as a result of sinful deeds committed in previous lives.


ผีดิบ

th-noun

ผีดิบ • (pǐi-dìp)

/pʰiː˩˩˦.dip̚˨˩/

From ผี (pǐi, “corpse; ghost; etc”) + ดิบ (dìp, “uncremated”).

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(fiction) preternatural being believed to be a reanimated corpse, such as vampire, zombie, etc.


ปรโลก

From ปร (bpɔɔn, “different; other”) + โลก (lôok, “world”); ultimately from Sanskrit परलोक (paraloka, literally “other world”). Cognate with Khmer បរលោក (bɑɑlook).

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อังคาร กัลยาณพงศ์, เสียเจ้า:
จะเจ็บจำไปถึงปรโลก ฤๅรอยโศกรู้ร้างจางหาย จะเกิดกี่ฟ้ามาตรมตาย อย่าหมายว่าจะให้หัวใจ
jà jèp jam bpai tʉ̌ng bpɔɔ-rá-lôok · rʉʉ rɔɔi sòk rúu ráang jaang hǎai · jà gə̀ət gìi fáa maa dtrom dtaai · yàa mǎai wâa jà hâi hǔua-jai
I will remember this pain even I have fallen to Hades. How would these sorrowful marks know the end and fade away? Even I have undergone rebirths for numerous times, never think that you will get my heart again.


สุราลัย

From Sanskrit सुरालय (surālaya, literally “abode of gods”).

William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, translated into Thai by Rama VI:
อันความกรุณาปรานี จะมีใครบังคับก็หาไม่ หลั่งมาเองเหมือนฝนอันชื่นใจ จากฟากฟ้าสุราลัยสู่แดนดิน
an kwaam-gà-rú-naa bpraa-nii · jà mii krai bang-káp gɔ̂ɔ hǎa mâi · làng maa eeng mʉ̌ʉan fǒn an chʉ̂ʉn jai · jàak fâak-fáa sù-raa-lai sùu dɛɛn-din
The quality of mercy is not strain'd: it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven.


เทวโลก

From Sanskrit देवलोक (devaloka, literally “world of deities”).


ปอบ

th-noun

ปอบ • (bpɔ̀ɔp)

Cognate with Isan ปอบ, Lao ປອບ (pǭp), Northern Thai ᨸᩬᨷ, and Khün ᨸᩬᨷ.

a type of evil spirit in Thai folklore, believed to possess a person and devour his or her viscera before leaving, thus causing the person to die.


ฉมบ

From Old Khmer chmap (“midwife”) or Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer cmap (“idem”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ឆ្មប (chmɑɑp, “midwife”).

/t͡ɕʰa˨˩.mop̚˦˥/

a type of spirit in Thai folklore, believed to be the ghost of a woman that dwells at the place of her death, especially in a forest.


สมิง

สมิง • (sà-mǐng)

From Mon သၟီ (“king; prince”). Cognate with Burmese သမိန် (sa.min).

เสือ เสือ#Thai

(เสือ~) a type of evil spirit in Thai folklore, believed to be a person that turns into a tiger by the power of black magic or a tiger that can transform itself into a human due to being possessed by the ghosts of its human preys.


ทางสามแพร่ง

/tʰaːŋ˧.saːm˩˩˦.pʰrɛŋ˥˩/

From ทาง (taang, “path; road; way”) + สาม (sǎam, “three”) + แพร่ง (prɛ̂ng, “fork (of road, way, etc)”); literally "three-forked way".

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T-junction, traditionally believed to be employed by the dead and thus deemed a very unholy spot.


โลกันตร์

th-proper noun

โลกันตร์ • (loo-gan)

From Pali lokantara (literally “interworld; another world”), from loka (“world”) + antara (“difference; gap; in between; space; etc”), equivalent to Thai โลก (lôok) + อันตร. Compare Sanskrit लोकान्तर (lokāntara). Cognate with Khmer លោកន្តរ (lookntɑɑ).

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โลก (lôok) + อันตร

(Buddhism) the name of a realm in the hell where sinful beings are detained forever and given the most serious punishments for their sins.


อเวจี

/ʔa˨˩.weː˧.t͡ɕiː˧/

From Sanskrit अवीचि (avīci, literally “waveless: having no waves, without waves”). Cognate with Old Khmer *ʼavīci, ʼavici, ʼavaci, °ʼaviciya°; Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ʼavīci°, ʼavicī°; Angkorian Old Khmer ʼavīci, ʼavicīya; Modern Khmer អវីចី (ʼaʼviicəy), Lü ᦀᦞᦲᦈᦲ (˙ʼviiṫsii).

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Lü ᦀᦞᦲᦈᦲ (˙ʼviiṫsii)

นรก นรก#Thai

มหา มหา#Thai

(Buddhism) (นรก~, ~นรก, ~มหานรก) one of the eight regions of the hell, being the lowest region to which the most sinful beings are sent for punishment.


พราย

From Old Khmer brāya, from Angkorian Old Khmer vrāy (“(1) a type of spirit, recognised by the light it emits; (2) to glitter, to sparkle; (3) to scatter, to spread; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ព្រាយ (priəy), Lao ພາຍ (phāi), Shan ၽၢႆး (pháai), Phake ၸႝ (phay, “giant, monster”), Aiton ၸႝ (phay, “giant, monster”), Ahom 𑜇𑜩 (phay, “giant”). Compare Proto-Tai *praːiᴬ.

bor

(folklore, mythology, loosely) a type of imaginary creature, conceived of as inhabiting the rivers, mountains, trees, etc, as nymph, elf, naiad, etc.


โขมด

th-noun

โขมด • (kà-mòot)

From Old Khmer ខ្មោច (khmoca), ក្មោច្ច៑ (kmocc), ខ្មោច៑ (khmoc, “corpse; ghost, spirit; ancestral spirit; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ខ្មោច (khmaoc).

gleaming light seen at night, traditionally believed to be a type of nocturnal ghost that leads travellers astray, scientifically explained to be light naturally produced by methane.


สันดาป

th-proper noun

สันดาป • (sǎn-dàap)

From Pali santāpa (“heat; torment; mental agony; grief”) or Sanskrit संताप (saṃtāpa, “idem”). Cognate with Modern Khmer សន្តាប (sɑɑsɑntaap), សណ្ដាប (sɑɑsɑndaap).

bor

(Buddhist cosmology) the name of a region in the underworld, where beings are reborn to be punished for their sins.


บัญชีหนังหมา

/ban˧.t͡ɕʰiː˧.naŋ˩˩˦.maː˩˩˦/

From บัญชี (ban-chii, “account”) + หนัง (nǎng, “skin”) + หมา (mǎa, “dog”); literally "dog-skin account"; from the Buddhist belief that the underworld court records the bad deeds of a living person on an account made of dog skin.

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2018 May 9, A-na, “Bytecoin บทเรียนแสนเจ็บปวด หลายฝ่ายตั้งคำถามถึงมาตรฐานการลิสต์เหรียญของ Binance”, in Bitcoin Addict, Bangkok: Bitcoin Addict Thailand Team, retrieved 2019-03-31:
ออนเชนเอฟเอกซ์ก็ยังขึ้นบัญชีหนังหมาว่า บีซีเอ็นเป็นเหรียญต้มตุ๋นเช่นเดียวกับบิตคอนเนกต์
ɔɔn cheen êef èks gɔ̂ yang kʉ̂n ban-chii-nǎng-mǎa wâa · bii sii en bpen rǐian dtôm-dtǔn chên-diao gàp bìt-kɔɔn-nék
Even OnchainFX also listed BCN [in] the dog-skin account as being fraudulent coins in the same manner as Bitconnect.

2018 December 3, LogisticsTime, “คลี่ภาษีที่ดินและสิ่งปลูกสร้างใหม่ ถึงคราวห้องแถว ข้าวแกง สะเทือน”, in Thailand & World Logistics Magazine, Bangkok: LogisticsTime, retrieved 2019-03-31:
รัฐบาล คสช. และ สนช. ชุดประวัติศาสตร์นี้ จะถูกบันทึกบัญชีหนังหมาว่า คือผู้อยู่เบื้องหลังปล้นผืนแผ่นดิน...ไปจากพี่น้องเกษตรกร
rát-tà-baan · kɔɔ-sɔ̌ɔ-chɔɔ · lɛ́ · sɔ̌ɔ-nɔɔ-chɔɔ · chút bprà-wàt-dtì-sàat níi · jà tùuk ban-tʉ́k ban-chii-nǎng-mǎa wâa · kʉʉ pûu yùu bʉ̂ʉang-lǎng bplôn pʉ̌ʉn-pɛ̀n-din ... bpai jàak pîi-nɔ́ɔng gà-sèet-dtrà-gɔɔn
The NCPO government and this historic set [of] the NLA will be recorded [on] the dog-skin account as the persons [who] are behind the plundering of the land...from [our] agriculturist brothers [and] sisters.

2010, ปัทมา กลิ่นทอง, เกิดเป็นเด็กตลาด, illustrated by วิพรรณ สุขสบาย, Bangkok: Nanmeebooks, →ISBN, page 22:
ใคร...คุยกัน เป็นโดนฉันจารึกชื่อลงบัญชีหนังหมา
krai ... kui gan · bpen doon chǎn jaa-rʉ́k chʉ̂ʉ long ban-chii-nǎng-mǎa
Whoever...talked [to] each other would sure have [their] names inscribed down onto the dog-skin account [by] me.

(slang) criminal record; record of misconduct; record of bad deeds; blacklist.


กระทะทองแดง

th-noun

กระทะทองแดง • (grà-tá-tɔɔng-dɛɛng) (classifier ใบ)

grà-tá-tɔɔng-dɛɛng (romanization)
ใบ (classifier)

/kra˨˩.tʰa˦˥.tʰɔːŋ˧.dɛːŋ˧/

From กระทะ (grà-tá, “frying pan”) + ทองแดง (tɔɔng-dɛɛng, “copper”).

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(Buddhist mythology) metal pan or pot-like pan used in the hell for punishing sinful creatures.


ตายทั้งกลม

From ตาย (dtaai, “to die”) + ทั้งกลม (táng-glom, “all”).

2018, คณิตยา/คีตฌาณ์, สาปรัก, Bangkok: Hytexts Interactive Limited:
คุณเคยบังคับให้ผู้หญิงคนหนึ่งไปทำแท้งแต่ผู้หญิงคนนั้นแอบเก็บลูกไว้ คุณรู้เข้าก็เลยซ้อมเธอและผลคือ...เธอตกเลือดตาย เธอตายทั้งกลม และตอนนี้วิญญาณของเธอก็อยู่ในห้องนี้
kun kəəi bang-káp hâi pûu-yǐng kon nʉ̀ng bpai tam-tɛ́ng dtɛ̀ɛ pûu-yǐng kon nán ɛ̀ɛp gèp lûuk wái · kun rúu kâo gɔ̂ɔ-ləəi sɔ́ɔm təə lɛ́ pǒn kʉʉ ... təə dtòk-lʉ̂ʉat dtaai · təə dtaai-táng-glom · lɛ́ dtɔɔn-níi win-yaan kɔ̌ɔng təə gɔ̂ yùu nai hɔ̂ng níi
You once forced a woman to undertake abortion, but that woman secretly kept [her] womb. You came to know [it, you] then bashed her up, and the result was...she died [from obstetrical] bleeding. She died together with the child in her womb. And now, the ghost of hers is being in this room.

2014, ดอน ท่าศาลา, เปิดป่าช้าล่าผีไทย, Bangkok: ไพลินบุ๊คเน็ต, →ISBN, page 32:
นางนาคคลอดยาก ทำอย่างไรเด็กก็ไม่ยอมออกมา...นางนาคก็ต้องตายทั้งกลม
naang nâak klɔ̂ɔt yâak · tam yàang-rai dèk gɔ̂ mâi yɔɔm ɔ̀ɔk maa ... naang nâak gɔ̂ dtɔ̂ng dtaai-táng-glom
Nang Nak had a difficulty giving birth. [No matter] how [they] did, the child would not come out easily... Nang Nak thus ended up dying together with the child in her womb.

2012 February 20, “เฮี้ยน ชาวบ้านผวาผีตายทั้งกลม สั่งผ่าเด็กออกแล้วเผาแม่”, in คมชัดลึก, Bangkok: กะปุก, retrieved 2019-09-16:
วันนี้ (๒๐ กุมภาพันธ์) ผู้สื่อข่าวได้รับแจ้งจาก...หัวหน้าเจ้าหน้าที่กู้ภัย สภ.วิเศษชัยชาญว่า กำลังจะเดินทางไปรับศพหญิงตายทั้งกลมที่วัดเกศทอง...เพื่อนำทารกออกจากครรภ์ของศพ
wan-níi · (yîi sìp · gum-paa-pan) · pûu-sʉ̀ʉ-kàao dâai-ráp jɛ̂ɛng jàak ... hǔua-nâa jâao-nâa-tîi gûu-pai · sɔ̌ɔ-pɔɔ wí-sèet-chai-chaan wâa · gam-lang jà dəən-taang bpai ráp sòp yǐng dtaai-táng-glom tîi wát gèet tɔɔng ... pʉ̂ʉa nam taa-rók ɔ̀ɔk jàak kan kɔ̌ɔng sòp
Today (20 February), reporters had received information from...the Head of the Wiset Chai Chan PPS Rescue Officials that [he] was about to go out to pick at Wat Ket Thong the body of a woman [who] died together with the child in her womb...to [further] take the [deceased] baby out of the corpse's womb.

(of a pregnant woman) to die together with the child or children in her womb.


สัตว์นรก

th-noun

สัตว์นรก • (sàt-ná-rók) (classifier ตน or ตัว)

sàt-ná-rók (romanization)
ตน (classifier)
ตัว (classifier)

From สัตว์ (sàt, “creature”) + นรก (ná-rók, “hell”), literally “hell creature”.

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(theology) creature punished in hell for a sin; hellspawn.


อบาย

Borrowed from Pali apāya, ultimately Sanskrit अपाय (apāya, “danger, destruction”).


นิรยะ

th-noun

นิรยะ • (ní-rá-yá)

Borrowed from Pali niraya, ultimately Sanskrit निरय (niraya, “hell, going to destruction”).