Respect to Thai people, It is amazing to see how Thai people have preserved the original Sanskrit/Pali words in the Thai language. Unfortunately, the names of the month in most of the Indian languages are now replaced by the English Jan,Feb,March..... But in thai they still exist. I can easily relate the names of the month in Thai, with Sanskrit names of the zodiacs(Rashi) and it also suggests that the Sun will be in which zodiac in a perticular month. मकर (Makar) - Capricorn - January कुम्भ (Kumbha) - February मीन (Meen)- March मेष (Mesh) -April वृषभ (Vrishabh) - May मिथुन (Mithun)- June कर्क (Karka)- July सिंह (Simha)- August कन्या (Kanya)- September तुला (Tula)- October वृश्चिक (Vrishchik)- November धनु (Dhanu) -December
Traditional Hindu/Buddhist calendar is lunisolar and the zodiac signs and "rashi" are also lunar, so makara and capricorn are not January but roughly the month pausha, which is mid-Dec to mid-Jan. Anways, both the lunisolar calendar and zodiac are quite commonly used in traditional and religious settings even today in India.
I see you are interested in etymology like me as well! A teacher I've had once explained to me the reason British people say "God bless" or "bless you" when you sneeze. Apparently people in medieval times believed the devil or a demon could get in to you during sneezing, because you temporarily lose control of your body while you sneeze. "Sabotage" has an interesting origin as well. Factory workers in France or Belgium used to break machinery by putting their "sabot" (wooden shoe) in the factory machines as a way of protest for better working conditions, hence "sabot-age".
For Tanwaa kom pronunciation, this may or may not be the case for Thai, but in Sanskrit, the rules of Sandhi state that ‘oo’ and ‘aa’ combine to form a ‘waa’ sound. This is called “Wakaara Aagama sandhi”. Hence Dhanu + Aagam / Tanoo + aakom probably becomes Dhanwa / Tanwaa. I may be wrong though. And also, thank you so much for this wonderful video. It was Super helpful to learn the pronunciation so clearly for each month. ❤
In Kerala (India) January ½ to February ½ Makaram Feb ½ - March ½ - Kumbam March ½ to April ½ - Meenam April ½ - May ½ - Meddam May ½ - June ½ - Eddavam June½ - July ½ - Midhunam July ½ - August ½ - Karkkidakam August ½ - Sept ½ - Chingam Sept ½ - Oct ½ - Kanni Oct ½ - Nov.½ - Thullam Nov. ½ - Dec ½ - Vrishchigam Dec ½ - Jan ½ - Dhanu Its so similar to Thai months . Idk how ?😊 And my birth month is Chingam .❤
Yes, that's correct. To say the fifth day of the month in Thai, you can say วันที่ห้า (wan têe hâa). วันที่ (wan têe) means "day of the month," and "ห้า" (hâa) means "five." And to say the fifth month of the year, you can say "เดือนที่ห้า" (duean têe hâa). เดือนที่ (duean têe) means "month of the year."
Respect to Thai people, It is amazing to see how Thai people have preserved the original Sanskrit/Pali words in the Thai language. Unfortunately, the names of the month in most of the Indian languages are now replaced by the English Jan,Feb,March..... But in thai they still exist. I can easily relate the names of the month in Thai, with Sanskrit names of the zodiacs(Rashi) and it also suggests that the Sun will be in which zodiac in a perticular month.
मकर (Makar) - Capricorn - January
कुम्भ (Kumbha) - February
मीन (Meen)- March
मेष (Mesh) -April
वृषभ (Vrishabh) - May
मिथुन (Mithun)- June
कर्क (Karka)- July
सिंह (Simha)- August
कन्या (Kanya)- September
तुला (Tula)- October
वृश्चिक (Vrishchik)- November
धनु (Dhanu) -December
Traditional Hindu/Buddhist calendar is lunisolar and the zodiac signs and "rashi" are also lunar, so makara and capricorn are not January but roughly the month pausha, which is mid-Dec to mid-Jan. Anways, both the lunisolar calendar and zodiac are quite commonly used in traditional and religious settings even today in India.
I see you are interested in etymology like me as well!
A teacher I've had once explained to me the reason British people say "God bless" or "bless you" when you sneeze. Apparently people in medieval times believed the devil or a demon could get in to you during sneezing, because you temporarily lose control of your body while you sneeze.
"Sabotage" has an interesting origin as well. Factory workers in France or Belgium used to break machinery by putting their "sabot" (wooden shoe) in the factory machines as a way of protest for better working conditions, hence "sabot-age".
Really helpful explanation of difficult subject. Thank you.
You are amazing teacher. Thank you for teaching me Thai. ❤
ฉันเกิดเดือนพฤศจิกาค่ะ
Thank you for the very detail explanation ka🙏
You are very good in teaching
lover your teaching style. can know how to remember and so clear. Thank you naka.
You are the best, thank you
Thank you. ขอบคุณ
Very well explain, I learnt so much from your videos. Keep it going , Jack 😊
Bravo Jack. Excellent explanation of the Thai months 👏👏👍👍🙏🏽🙏🏽
ขอบคุณครับ video was very good
awesome teacher
thankyou so much ka
The best Thai teacher ever❤
Wow, thank you for the explanation of the Pali origins, that was very interesting! Great video as always Kru Jack!
I เกิดในเดือนมีนาคม
In written Thai is there a word for ( me/ I ) that can be used by both male and female speakers
Instead of writing ผม / ฉัน 😊
Very soft the video
very informative video
For Tanwaa kom pronunciation, this may or may not be the case for Thai, but in Sanskrit, the rules of Sandhi state that ‘oo’ and ‘aa’ combine to form a ‘waa’ sound. This is called “Wakaara Aagama sandhi”. Hence Dhanu + Aagam / Tanoo + aakom probably becomes Dhanwa / Tanwaa. I may be wrong though.
And also, thank you so much for this wonderful video. It was Super helpful to learn the pronunciation so clearly for each month. ❤
Excellent as always thank you.
Excellent enunciation and description! Really helps with the pronunciation and understanding the history of the word!!
Really helpful for learning the names of months in Thai! Thanks a lot! ❤
Hi Kru Jack, very useful video and appreciate if you can teach how to read modern Thai script that we always see in advertisement. Thanks in advance
In Kerala (India)
January ½ to February ½ Makaram
Feb ½ - March ½ - Kumbam
March ½ to April ½ - Meenam
April ½ - May ½ - Meddam
May ½ - June ½ - Eddavam
June½ - July ½ - Midhunam
July ½ - August ½ - Karkkidakam
August ½ - Sept ½ - Chingam
Sept ½ - Oct ½ - Kanni
Oct ½ - Nov.½ - Thullam
Nov. ½ - Dec ½ - Vrishchigam
Dec ½ - Jan ½ - Dhanu
Its so similar to Thai months . Idk how ?😊
And my birth month is Chingam .❤
you explain things so clearly ....so much better than my college ...thankyou Jack....pom ged duean tan waa
kob khun krab 🙏
U are so patient 💖
Thank you. You've made it easier for me to remember . Your explanation is great 👍
Great lesson! Kob khun ka ❤
Very clear explanations.
It's easy to learn with zodiac signs of my language tamil, where there's only slightest differences!!!😊
ฉันเกิดเดือนมิถุนายนค่ะ 😊
Thanks Jack
ขอบคุณมากครับ Vince 🙏
ฉันเกิดเดือนสิงหาคมค่ะ
Kob kun krab !
คำในภาษาไทยส่วนใหญ่มาจากภาษาสันสกฤต
Capricorn's Original symbol is a Crocodile. Makara literally means crocodile.
Do you have a English clads
Do you have thai class?
I don't even know the months..thankyou
👏👏👏👏
How do you say the fifth day of the month or the fifth month of the year?
Issit wan tee ha and deuan tee ha ? Tq
Yes, that's correct. To say the fifth day of the month in Thai, you can say วันที่ห้า (wan têe hâa). วันที่ (wan têe) means "day of the month," and "ห้า" (hâa) means "five." And to say the fifth month of the year, you can say "เดือนที่ห้า" (duean têe hâa). เดือนที่ (duean têe) means "month of the year."
ผมเกิดเดือนกันยายนครับ
Same like sanskrit