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The word often spoken with the wai as a greeting or farewell is "sawatdi" (RTGS for สวัสดี, pronounced [sā.wàt.dīː], sometimes romanized as sawasdee). This verbal greeting is usually followed by "kha" when spoken by a female and by "khrap" when spoken by a male person (see note on Thai polite particles).
Sawasdee Bangkok (Thai: สวัสดีบางกอก, เสน่ห์กรุงเทพ; lit. ' Hello Bangkok, Charming Bangkok ') is a 2009 Thai omnibus film directed by nine directors produced by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and Thai PBS. The story about lifestyles of people in Bangkok, it is divided into nine segments.
The Thai language has many borrowed words from mainly Sanskrit, Tamil, Pali and some Prakrit, Khmer, Portuguese, Dutch, certain Chinese dialects and more recently, Arabic (in particular many Islamic terms) and English (in particular many scientific and technological terms). Some examples as follows:
The wai khru ceremonies which take place in most educational institutions in Thailand today generally follow the same form. The ceremony usually begins with a Buddhist devotion in institutions where Theravada Buddhism is observed as the official religion, followed by the students' recitation of the wai khru chant, which expresses respect for and gratitude to the teachers, and asks for the ...
Thai cuisine, as a whole, features many different ingredients (suan phasom; Thai: ส่วนผสม), and ways of preparing food. Thai chef McDang characterises Thai food as having "intricacy, attention to detail, texture, color, and taste. [23] Thai food is known for its enthusiastic use of fresh (rather than dried) herbs and spices.
Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service developed by Google to translate text, documents and websites from one language into another. It offers a website interface, a mobile app for Android and iOS, as well as an API that helps developers build browser extensions and software applications. [3]
Thai honorifics date back to the Sukhothai Kingdom, a period which lasted from 1238 to 1420 CE. [2] During the Sukhothai period, honorifics appeared in the form of kinship terms . [ 3 ] The Sukhothai period also saw the introduction of many Khmer and Pali loanwords to Thai.
The Thai word king (กิ่ง) means 'branch' and should not be confused with the English word "king". The officially recommended translation is "minor district" —however they are also quite commonly translated as sub-district, which is the recommended translation for tambon , and also wrongly suggests that they are at a lower ...