ธาร
taanMeanings
1NounB1
stream; brook
A small natural flow of water; a stream or brook; literary/formal.
Examples
เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)เดินdernเดินdern1[to] walk; go on foot2[to] proceed; go; move along3[to] run; operate (machine/system)4[to] run; operate; keep runningเลียบธารlîiap taanเลียบธารlîiap taan1[to] go/walk along a stream; skirt a stream2along the stream; streamsideเล็กlékเล็กlék1small; little2young; younger; youngest3minor; slightๆ-ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerไหลผ่านlăi pàanไหลผ่านlăi pàan[to] flow through; pass throughป่าbpàaป่าbpàa1forest; woodland2the wild; wilderness3wild; undomesticated; uncultivated
We walked along a small stream that flows through the forest.
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เสียงsǐiangธารtaanใสsǎiไหลรินlǎi-rinทำให้tam-hâiบรรยากาศban-yaa-gàatเงียบสงบngîiap-sà-ngòpยิ่งขึ้นyîng-kʉ̂n
The sound of the clear stream flowing made the atmosphere even more serene.
หมู่บ้านmùu-bâanตั้งอยู่dtâng-yùuใกล้glâiธารน้ำtaan-náamจึงjʉngมีmiiน้ำnáamใช้cháiตลอดปีdtà-lɔ̀ɔt-bpii
The village is situated near a brook, so they have water all year round.
กวีพรรณนาธารgà-wee pan-ná-naa taanคดเคี้ยวkót kíaoระหว่างrá-wàangไหล่เขาlài kăoชวนให้chuan hâiผู้อ่านpôo àanเห็นภาพhĕn pâapธรรมชาติtam-má-châatอันanละมุนlá-mun
The poet describes the meandering stream between the mountain slopes, inviting readers to envision a gentle natural scene.
2NounB2
flow; current (literal or figurative)
A flow or current, used literally for water or figuratively for things like emotions or people; literary/formal.
Examples
เมื่อmʉ̂ʉaเมื่อmʉ̂ʉa1when; at the time that2at; in; on (with time expressions)ฝนตกหนักfǒn-dtòk-nàkฝนตกหนักfǒn-dtòk-nàk[to] rain heavily; pourธารน้ำtaan-náamธารน้ำtaan-náamstream; brookจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart; part from3nipa palmเขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillไหลหลากlǎi-làakไหลหลากlǎi-làak1[to] flow in torrents; surge2[to] surge; pour forthลงสู่long-sùuลงสู่long-sùu1[to] descend to; go down into2[to] flow/empty into3[to] land on/at4[to] be brought/directed down to (figurative)หมู่บ้านmùu-bâanหมู่บ้านmùu-bâan1village; hamlet2housing estate; gated community
When it rained heavily, a flow of water from the mountain rushed down into the village.
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She stood silently, letting the current of thoughts carry her away.
ในnaiพิธีศพpí-tii-sòpผู้คนpûu-konหลั่งไหลlàng-lǎiเป็นbpenธารtaanแห่งhɛ̀ngความอาลัยkwaam-aa-laiที่tîiไม่มีวันmâi-mii-wanเหือดแห้งhʉ̀ʉat-hɛ̂ɛng
At the funeral, people streamed in like a current of grief that would never dry up.
ธารtaanข้อมูลkɔ̂ɔ-muunหลั่งlàngเข้าระบบkâo-rá-bòpอย่างต่อเนื่องyàang-dtɔ̀ɔ-nʉ̂ʉangจนjonต้องdtɔ̂ngขยายkà-yǎaiโครงสร้างkroong-sâangรองรับrɔɔng-ráp
A stream of data flowed into the system continuously, necessitating infrastructure expansion.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ธาร said ทาน?
taan
- Same-sounding letterธ sounds just like ท, so the reading uses ท.Final soundAt the end of a syllable, ร is said like น (n).
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ร, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
taan
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 | — | — |