How to talk about smell in Thai ๐Ÿ‘ƒ

by | Dec 22, 2020 | Vocabulary, Thai

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

Smell in Thai

Letโ€™s start with some basic words:

  • A smell / scent / odor
    เธเธฅเธดเนˆเธ™
    glรฌn

  • To smell
    เธ”เธก
    dom

  • Fragrant (good smell)
    เธซเธญเธก
    hลm

  • Foul odor (bad smell)
    เน€เธซเธกเน‡เธ™
    mฤ•n

Jasmine Rice in Thai is เธ‚เน‰เธฒเธงเธซเธญเธกเธกเธฐเธฅเธด (kรขao hลm mรก-lรญ). The เธ‚เน‰เธฒเธงเธซเธญเธก literally means fragrant (เธซเธญเธก) rice (เธ‚เน‰เธฒเธง). ๐Ÿš

Example sentences:

  • Ewww! that stinks!
    เธˆเธฐเธญเน‰เธงเธ! เน€เธซเธกเน‡เธ™!
    jร ย รปak!ย mฤ•n!

  • Do you smell that?
    เน„เธ”เน‰เธเธฅเธดเนˆเธ™เน„เธซเธก
    dรขai glรฌnย mฤƒi

  • It smells so good in this room
    เธซเน‰เธญเธ‡เธ™เธตเน‰เธซเธญเธก
    hรดng-nรฉe-hลm

  • Smell this perfume
    เธ”เธกเธ™เน‰เธณเธซเธญเธกเธ™เธตเน‰
    dom nรกm-hลm-nรฉe

Perfume/cologne in Thai is เธ™เน‰เธณเธซเธญเธก (nรกm-hลm). Literally water fragrant.


I hope you now have all the necessary vocabulary to talk about smells in the Thai language.

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