ธนบดี

Thai

Etymology

From Sanskrit धनपति (dhanapati, literally “lord of money; lord of wealth”), from धन (dhana, “money; wealth”) + पति (pati, “chief; lord; master”); equivalent to Thai ธน (ton, “money; wealth”) +‎ บดี (bɔɔ-dii, “chief, lord, master; owner, possessor”).

Pronunciation
Orthographicธนบดี
dʰ n ɓ ɗ ī
Phonemic
ทะ-นะ-บอ-ดี
d a – n a – ɓ ɒ – ɗ ī
RomanizationPaiboontá-ná-bɔɔ-dii
Royal Institutetha-na-bo-di
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰa˦˥.na˦˥.bɔː˧.diː˧/(R)

Noun

ธนบดี • (tá-ná-bɔɔ-dii)

  1. (elegant) rich person; wealthy person; capitalist; proprietor.

Proper noun

ธนบดี • (tá-ná-bɔɔ-dii)

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) an epithet of the god Indra.
  2. (Hinduism, Buddhism) an epithet of the god Kubera.
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