Thai Word: ภาระ (phāa-rá)

Meaning: burden / responsibility / obligation
Part of Speech: noun

The noun ภาระ (p^hāa-rá) refers to a ‘burden,’ ‘responsibility,’ or ‘obligation’. It often describes a heavy responsibility or task, as well as duties or obligations that someone is expected to fulfil – whether in work, family, or society – requiring significant effort or attention. Look at the sentence examples below:

(k^hǎo mēe p^hāa-rá yéuh)
He has a lot of responsibilities.
Literal: He has responsibility a lot.

(gāan-líang lûuk t^hěu-bpēn p^hāa-rá ^hnàk láe dtâwng dâi-ráb k^hwāam-āo-jāi-sài ^awyàang dtēm-t^hêe)
Raising children is a heavy burden and requires full attention.
Literal: The act of taking care of children consider to be responsibility heavy and must receive attention fully.

(p^hāa-rá t^hāang gāan-ngēuhn bpēn rêuang sǎm-k^hān, rāo dtâwng wāang-p^hǎen ^awyàang râwb-k^hâwb)
Financial burdens are significant; we need to plan carefully.
Literal: Burden in way of finance to be matter important, we must put plan in place carefully.

(gāan-jàd-gāan k^hrōng-gāan k^hà-^hnàad ^hyài mák-jà bpēn p^hāa-rá t^hêe t^háa-t^hāai sêung dtâwng chái t^hēem t^hêe k^hǎeng-gràeng)
Managing large projects is often a challenging burden that requires a strong team.
Literal: The act of managing project size big usually be burden that challenge which must use team that strong.

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