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How to say painting (the art form), murals
in Thai
จิตรกรรม
jìt-dtrà-gam
painting (the art form), murals
jìt lowdtrà lowgam mid
Mostly heard in จิตรกรรมฝาผนัง "mural painting", the murals that cover the inside walls of temple halls.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- formal
In a sentence
- จิตรกรรมฝาผนังในโบสถ์jìt-dtrà-gam fǎa-pà-nǎng nai bòotthe murals in the ordination hall
The culture behind it
CULTURE
How to read a temple
From the same situation: Arts, design, architecture
- ศิลปะart
- ภาพวาดpainting, drawing
- วาดto draw, to paint (a picture)
- ระบายสีto colour in, to paint in colours
- สีน้ำwatercolour
- พู่กันpaintbrush (for art)
- จิตรกรpainter (fine art)
- ประติมากรรมsculpture (the art form)
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