ธาดา
taa-daaMeanings
1Proper nounB1
male given name
a Thai male given name, from Pali/Sanskrit meaning 'creator.'
Examples
คุณkunคุณkun1you (polite)2Mr.; Ms.; Mrs. (title)3quality; virtue; meritธาดาtaa-daaธาดาtaa-daa1male given name2creator; the Creator (deity)โทรมาหาtoo-maa-hǎaโทรมาหาtoo-maa-hǎa[to] call; phone [sb]เมื่อเช้านี้mʉ̂ʉa-cháao-níiเมื่อเช้านี้mʉ̂ʉa-cháao-níithis morning (earlier today)ครับkrápครับkráppolite particle (male speaker)
Mr. Thada called this morning.
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พี่pîiธาดาtaa-daaเป็นbpenคนkonที่tîiช่วยchûuaiสอนsɔ̌ɔnการบ้านgaan-bâanให้hâiฉันchǎnเมื่อวานนี้mʉ̂ʉa-waan-níi
Thada was the one who helped me with my homework yesterday.
ผมpǒmกำลังจะgam-lang-jàไปbpaiงานวันเกิดngaan-wan-gə̀ətของkɔ̌ɔngธาดาtaa-daaเย็นนี้yen-níiคุณkunอยากyàakไปด้วยกันไหมbpai-dûuai-gan-mǎi
I'm going to Thada's birthday party this evening. Do you want to go together?
เอกสารèek-gà-sǎanฉบับchà-bàpนี้níiต้องdtɔ̂ngได้รับdâi-rápการอนุมัติgaan-à-nú-mátจากjàakคุณkunธาดาtaa-daaก่อนgɔ̀ɔnถึงจะtʉ̌ng-jàดำเนินการdam-nəən-gaanขั้นต่อไปkân-dtɔ̀ɔ-bpaiได้dâai
This document must be approved by Mr. Thada before we can proceed to the next step.
2NounC1
creator; the Creator (deity)
a creator or the Creator; used in literary or religious contexts as an epithet of a deity (e.g., Brahma).
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)วรรณคดีไทยwan-ná-ká-dii-taiวรรณคดีไทยwan-ná-ká-dii-taiThai literatureมักจะmák-jàมักจะmák-jà1often; usually (habit/frequency)2tend to; be apt/prone to (general tendency)มีmiiมีmii1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoการกล่าวถึงgaan-glàao-tʉ̌ngการกล่าวถึงgaan-glàao-tʉ̌ngmention; referenceพระpráพระprá1Buddhist monk2Buddha image; amulet3honorific prefix/title4divine; holy (as modifier)5male role; male character (traditional Thai theatre)ธาดาtaa-daaธาดาtaa-daa1male given name2creator; the Creator (deity)ผู้สร้างpûu-sâangผู้สร้างpûu-sâang1creator; maker; builder2the Creator (God)โลกlôokโลกlôok1Earth; the planet2the world; human society3world; realm
In Thai literature, there is often mention of the Creator who made the world.
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มนุษย์má-nútเป็นbpenเพียงเศษเสี้ยวpiiang-sèet-sîiaoหนึ่งnʉ̀ngของkɔ̌ɔngสรรพสิ่งsàp-pá-sìngที่tîiพระpráธาดาtaa-daaทรงsongรังสรรค์rang-sǎnขึ้นมาkʉ̂n-maa
Humans are but a tiny fraction of all the beings that the Creator has fashioned.
ด้วยdûuaiอานุภาพaa-nú-pâapแห่งhɛ̀ngองค์ongพระpráธาดาtaa-daaโลกlôokจึงjʉngอุบัติขึ้นù-bàt-kʉ̂nจากjàakความอลหม่านkwaam-on-lá-màanและlɛ́ความว่างเปล่าkwaam-wâang-bplàao
By the power of the Divine Creator, the world thus emerged from chaos and void.
กวีเอกgà-wee èkรจนาrót-jà-naaบทสดุดีbòt sà-dù-deeพระpráธาดาtaa-daaผู้pôoทรงsongลิขิตlí-kìtชะตาchá-dtaaและláeสรรพชีวิตsàp-pá-chee-wítในnaiตรีdtreeภพpóp
The great poet composed an ode in praise of the Creator, who dictates the destiny of all life in the three worlds.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ธาดา said ทา-ดา?
taa-daa
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableA long vowel with no final consonant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
taa
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |