นรก

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

นรก m

  1. Thai script form of naraka (“hell”)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Noun

นรก • (náraka) stem, m or n

  1. 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

Orthographicนรก
nrk
Phonemic
น-รก
nrk
[bound form]
นะ-รก-
nark
[bound form]
นะ-รก-กะ-
narkka
RomanizationPaiboonná-rókná-rók-ná-rók-gà-
Royal Institutena-rokna-rok-na-rok-ka-
(standard) IPA(key)/na˦˥.rok̚˦˥/(R)/na˦˥.rok̚˦˥.//na˦˥.rok̚˦˥.ka˨˩./

Noun

นรก • (ná-rók)

  1. (Buddhism, Hinduism) (classifier ขุม) naraka: realm in which beings are born and punished for the sins committed in previous lives.
  2. (figurative) place, state, or cause of torment or misery.
  3. (theology, mythology) hell; purgatory; underworld; realm of the dead.
  4. (derogatory, offensive) disagreeable person; condemnable person; disgusting person.

Synonyms

  • นิรยะ

Adjective

นรก • (ná-rók) (abstract noun ความนรก)

  1. (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

Derived terms

  • เดนนรก
  • ตกนรกทั้งเป็น
  • นรกจกเปรต
  • นรกภูมิ
  • นรกานต์
  • ยานรก
  • เศษนรก
  • สวรรค์ในอกนรกในใจ
  • สวรรค์อยู่ในอก นรกอยู่ในใจ
  • สัตว์นรก (sàt-ná-rók)

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