ต้นธาร(dtôn taan)
Meanings
1NounB2
headwaters; source of a river
The place where a river or stream begins; the headwaters or source.
Examples
ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)ช่วยกันchûuai ganช่วยกันchûuai gan1[to] help each other; cooperate2[to] do jointly; pitch in togetherสร้างsâangสร้างsâang1[to] build; construct2[to] create; produce3[to] establish; found4[to] generate; developฝายชะลอน้ำfăai chá-lo náamฝายชะลอน้ำfăai chá-lo náamcheck dam; small weir to slow flowใกล้ๆglâi glâiใกล้ๆglâi glâi1near; close (distance)2nearby; close by3near; close to (place)4about; approximately; nearlyกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)บริเวณbo-rí-waynบริเวณbo-rí-wayn1area; vicinity2around; in the vicinity (post-nominal)ต้นธารdtôn taanต้นธารdtôn taan1headwaters; source of a river2origin; source (figurative)
The villagers helped build a check dam near the river's headwaters.
2NounC1
origin; source (figurative)
(Figurative) The origin, source, or starting point of something, such as an idea, a movement, or a problem.
Examples
ความขัดแย้งkwaam kàt yáengความขัดแย้งkwaam kàt yáeng1conflict; disagreement; dispute; clash2contradiction; incompatibility; inconsistencyเล็กๆlék lékเล็กๆlék lék1small; little; tiny (softened by reduplication)2slightly; a littleน้อยๆnói nóiน้อยๆnói nói1small; slight; little (amount/degree)2slightly; a little; a bitกลายglaaiกลายglaai1[to] become; turn into; transform (into)2[to] mutate; transmuteเป็นต้นธารbpen dtôn taanเป็นต้นธารbpen dtôn taan1[to] be the headwaters/source2[to] be the origin/causeของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsปัญหาbpan-hăaปัญหาbpan-hăa1problem; issue2question (for discussion)ใหญ่yàiใหญ่yài1big; large2major; important3elder; senior4generous; magnanimous (figurative)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotตามมาdtaam maaตามมาdtaam maa1[to] follow; come after2[to] ensue; result
Small conflicts became the source of the big problems that followed.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ต้นน้ำdtôn náamต้นน้ำdtôn náam1upstream; upriver2headwaters; river source
- upstream; upriver
- headwaters; river source
ที่มาtêe maaที่มาtêe maa1background; provenance; etymology2source; reference (citation)3origin; source
- background; provenance; etymology
- source; reference (citation)
- origin; source
ต้นกำเนิดdtôn gam-nèrtต้นกำเนิดdtôn gam-nèrt1origin; genesis; first source2place/source of origin; birthplace; headwaters
- origin; genesis; first source
- place/source of origin; birthplace; headwaters
บ่อเกิดbò gèrtบ่อเกิดbò gèrt1origin; root cause (figurative)2wellspring; source (literal)
- origin; root cause (figurative)
- wellspring; source (literal)
แหล่งน้ำlàeng náamแหล่งน้ำlàeng náam1water source; water supply2water body
- water source; water supply
- water body
Word Breakdown
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ต้นธารdtôn taanต้นธารdtôn taanheadwaters; source of a river