สันติ
peace
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- 1 peace、peacefulness
- 2 peaceful、nonviolent
This is a somewhat formal word for peace—the absence of conflict or violence and the presence of calm social relations. It occurs especially often in compounds such as สันติภาพ and สันติวิธี.
peace、peacefulness
A state in which there is no war, conflict, or violence and people live together calmly.
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อยู่ร่วมกันโดยสันติ yùu rûam kan dooy sǎntì live together in peace อยู่ร่วมกันโดยสันติ details
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อหิงษาจะนำไปสู่สันติ ahiŋsǎa cà nam pay sùu sǎntì Nonviolence leads to peace. อหิงษาจะนำไปสู่สันติ details
peaceful、nonviolent
It adds the idea of being peaceful or free from conflict, chiefly in established combinations rather than as an everyday standalone adjective.
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แนวทางสันติ nɛɛw thaaŋ sǎntì a peaceful approach แนวทางสันติ details
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การแก้ปัญหาแบบสันติ kaan kɛ̂ɛ panhǎa bɛ̀ɛp sǎntì peaceful problem-solving การแก้ปัญหาแบบสันติ details
Learning notes
Explanation
สันติ is a somewhat elevated word describing freedom from conflict, violence, or disorder. Its central image is social peace among people, groups, or nations rather than mere physical quiet. It can stand alone as a noun, but in contemporary Thai it is especially common in compounds such as สันติภาพ “peace,” สันติวิธี “peaceful or nonviolent methods,” and สันติสุข “peace and well-being.” The fixed expression โดยสันติ means “peacefully” or “without conflict.” สันติ is also used as the Thai given name Santi, which is separate from its ordinary dictionary use.
Usage
It commonly appears in discussions of war, international relations, social conflict, peace negotiations, and nonviolent solutions. It is particularly at home in news reports, speeches, ceremonies, slogans, and other relatively formal contexts.
Caution
Do not normally use สันติ for a room that is quiet; use เงียบ for lack of sound. For an ordinarily calm person or situation, สงบ is usually more natural. When referring simply to “peace” as a general noun, สันติภาพ is often more idiomatic than สันติ by itself.
Differences from similar words
1 peace synonyms
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สันติภาพ is the usual explicit noun for peace in a country, society, or the world. สันติ is shorter and more elevated, and it appears especially often as part of compounds or fixed expressions.
2 peaceful synonyms
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สงบ is the everyday, broadly applicable word for being calm, quiet, or settled. สันติ is more formal and focuses more specifically on freedom from conflict or violence.