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How to say giant, ogre, demon
in Thai
ยักษ์
yák
giant, ogre, demon
yák high
The temple guardians with fangs at Wat Arun and the airport are ยักษ์. Teasing: ทำหน้ายักษ์ 'make a scary face'.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Classifier
- ตน
In a sentence
- ยักษ์วัดแจ้งyák wát-jâaengthe giants of Wat Arun
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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