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How to say novel (formal)
in Thai
นวนิยาย
ná-wá-ní-yaai
novel (formal)
ná highwá highní highyaai mid
Formal word on book covers and in literature classes; in speech นิยาย.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- formal
In a sentence
- นวนิยายอิงประวัติศาสตร์ná-wá-ní-yaai ing bprà-wàt-dtì-sàata historical novel
From the same situation: Literature and classics
- วรรณคดีclassical literature, the classics
- วรรณกรรมliterature, literary works (any period)
- ร้อยแก้วprose
- ร้อยกรองverse, poetry
- กวีpoet
- บทกวีpoem
- กลอนklon (the commonest Thai verse form)
- โคลงkhlong (verse form with tone-mark rules)
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