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How to say faith, confidence
in Thai
ศรัทธา
sàt-taa
faith, confidence
sàt lowtaa mid
In Buddhism, confidence based on reason. Also in daily life: หมดศรัทธา 'lose faith (in a person or institution)'.
- Part of speech
- noun
In a sentence
- มีศรัทธาในพระรัตนตรัยmii sàt-taa nai prá-rát-dtà-ná-dtraito have faith in the Triple Gem
From the same situation: Dhamma vocabulary
- ธรรมะthe Dhamma, the Buddha's teaching
- ฟังธรรมto listen to a dhamma talk
- ธรรมบรรยายdhamma lecture
- พระพุทธเจ้าthe Buddha
- พระรัตนตรัยthe Triple Gem (Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha)
- ตรัสรู้to attain enlightenment (of the Buddha)
- ปัญญาwisdom, insight
- ทุกข์suffering, unsatisfactoriness
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