วัน สำคัญ ทาง ศาสนา
“วัน สำคัญ ทาง ศาสนา” (ван самкхан таанг сатсана) — religious holiday in Thai. Noun, level B1. Literally "day important along the line of religion": the same formula, day plus occasion. There are many such days in the Thai calendar. In a live sentence: “วัน สำคัญ ทาง ศาสนา คน ไป วัด” — On religious holidays people go to the temple. Written with the characters ว, น, ส, ำ, ค, ญ, ท, า, ง, ศ, า, ส… A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | วัน สำคัญ ทาง ศาสนา |
| Read in Latin letters | ван самкхан таанг сатсана |
| Translation | religious holiday |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "day important along the line of religion": the same formula, day plus occasion. There are many such days in the Thai calendar
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- วัน สำคัญ ทาง ศาสนา คน ไป วัดван самкхан таанг сатсана кхон пай ватOn religious holidays people go to the temple
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “religious holiday” in Thai?
«วัน สำคัญ ทาง ศาสนา», read “ван самкхан таанг сатсана”. In a live sentence: “วัน สำคัญ ทาง ศาสนา คน ไป วัด” — On religious holidays people go to the temple. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ว, น, ส, ำ, ค, ญ, ท, า, ง, ศ, า, ส…
How is “วัน สำคัญ ทาง ศาสนา” written in Latin letters?
ван самкхан таанг сатсана. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "day important along the line of religion": the same formula, day plus occasion. There are many such days in the Thai calendar. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.