ธน(ton)
Meanings
1NounB2
wealth; riches (literary)
Wealth, riches, or valuable assets; used in formal or literary contexts.
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)สมัยโบราณsà-măi boh-raanสมัยโบราณsà-măi boh-raan1ancient times; antiquity2ancient; from ancient timesพ่อค้าวาณิชย์pɔ̂ɔ káa waa-nítพ่อค้าวาณิชย์pɔ̂ɔ káa waa-nítmerchant; traderสะสมsà-sŏmสะสมsà-sŏm1[to] collect (as a hobby)2[to] accumulate; build upธนtonธนton1wealth; riches (literary)2bound morpheme in compoundsไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reserveในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ไหhăiไหhăiearthen jar; large clay potและláeและláeand (coordinating)ฝังfăngฝังfăng1[to] bury; inter2[to] implant (medical/dental)3[to] embed; set into4[to be] ingrained; deeply instilled (figurative) [adj]ดินdinดินdin1soil; earth; dirt2the ground; land (surface)3clay; earthen material4electrical ground; earth (electrical)
In ancient times, merchants accumulated wealth in jars and buried them in the ground.
2AdjectiveC1
bound morpheme in compounds
A Sino-Indic bound morpheme meaning ‘wealth/money’ used to form compounds (e.g., ธนาธนาta-naaThana (male given name)-, ธนธนton1wealth; riches (literary)2bound morpheme in compounds-).
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasis7[to] have sex (vulgar slang)ธนบัตรtá-ná-bàtธนบัตรtá-ná-bàt1banknote; bill2classifier: ใบใบละพันbai lá panใบละพันbai lá panone thousand eachไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)แลกlâekแลกlâek1[to] exchange; swap2[to] exchange money; change currency3[to] trade for; exchange forเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsใบละร้อยbai lá róiใบละร้อยbai lá róione hundred each (for items)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/slotธนาคารtá-naa-kaanธนาคารtá-naa-kaan1bank (financial institution)2bank (of something, specialized)
He took a thousand-baht banknote to the bank to exchange it for one-hundred-baht notes.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
โภคทรัพย์pôh-ká-sápโภคทรัพย์pôh-ká-sápassets; property; wealth
assets; property; wealth
ทรัพย์sápทรัพย์sáp1property; assets2wealth; riches3estate; assets (legal)
- property; assets
- wealth; riches
- estate; assets (legal)
สมบัติsŏm-bàtสมบัติsŏm-bàt1property; possessions; assets; belongings2treasure; valuables3property; attribute; quality (of a thing)4virtue; good quality; merit (of a person)
- property; possessions; assets; belongings
- treasure; valuables
- property; attribute; quality (of a thing)
- virtue; good quality; merit (of a person)
ทรัพย์สินsáp sǐnทรัพย์สินsáp sǐn1property; assets (legal/financial)2belongings; possessions (things owned)3assets (accounting/business)
- property; assets (legal/financial)
- belongings; possessions (things owned)
- assets (accounting/business)