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How to say pen name
in Thai
นามปากกา
naam-bpàak-gaa
pen name
naam midbpàak lowgaa mid
'Pen name' word for word. ทมยันตี, author of คู่กรรม, is a pen name.
- Part of speech
- noun
In a sentence
- เขียนในนามปากกาkǐan nai naam-bpàak-gaato write under a pen name
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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