Culture and festivals นรก ná-rók
hell noun
- ná high
- rók high
- High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.
How to use it
นรกná-rók is where bad karma leads in Thai Buddhist belief, and temples show it in gory detail to keep people honest: murals, and whole "hell gardens", สวนนรกsǔan ná-rók, with statues of the punishments, as at Wat Saen Suk in Bang Saen and Wat Mae Kaet Noi near Chiang Mai. To go to hell is ตกนรกdtòk ná-rók, "fall into hell", also said in anger.
Other spellings you'll see
There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:
- narog
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