In this article, you will learn important vocabulary to talk all about smell in Thai language.

Let’s start with some basic words:
- A smell / scent / odor
กลิ่น
glìn - To smell
ดม
dom - Fragrant (good smell)
หอม
hŏm - Foul odor (bad smell)
เหม็น
mĕn
Jasmine Rice in Thai is ข้าวหอมมะลิ (kâao hŏm má-lí). The ข้าวหอม literally means fragrant (หอม) rice (ข้าว). 🍚
Example sentences:
- Ewww! that stinks!
จะอ้วก! เหม็น!
jà ûak! mĕn! - Do you smell that?
ได้กลิ่นไหม
dâai glìn măi - It smells so good in this room
ห้องนี้หอม
hông-née-hŏm - Smell this perfume
ดมน้ำหอมนี้
dom nám-hŏm-née
Perfume/cologne in Thai is น้ำหอม (nám-hŏm). Literally water fragrant.
I hope you now have all the necessary vocabulary to talk about smells in the Thai language.