วดี(wá-dee)
Meanings
1AdjectiveC1
female possessor of; endowed with (name-forming suffix)
an Indic-derived feminine suffix meaning having or possessing something, used in compounds and female names
Examples
แม่mâeแม่mâe1form of address for a woman (traditional/familiar)2mother; mom3prefix: female; main; baseบอกว่าbòk wâaบอกว่าbòk wâa1[to] say/tell that; report/declare that2[of text/sign] say/indicate thatชื่อchêuชื่อchêu1[to] be named; be called2reputation; renown3nameรูปrôopรูปrôop1statue; sculpted image; figure2physique; body shape3shape; form; figure4grammatical form5picture; photo; imageวดีwá-deeวดีwá-deefemale possessor of; endowed with (name-forming suffix)แปลว่าbplae wâaแปลว่าbplae wâa1[to] translate as2[to] mean (of a word/symbol); signify3that means; which means; in other wordsผู้หญิงpôo yĭngผู้หญิงpôo yĭng1woman; girl; female person2women's; female (as modifier)ที่têeที่têe1at; in; to (a place)2classifier: places; seats; individual servings3when; the time that (time marker)4place; spot; seat; space5ordinal marker6that/which/who (relative marker)มีmeeมีmee1[to] experience; undergo2[to] have; possess3there is/are; existรูปงามrôop ngaamรูปงามrôop ngaam1of pleasing form; well-proportioned2good-looking; handsome/beautiful (formal)โดยdoiโดยdoi1by; via; through2in a ... way; -lyคำว่าkam wâaคำว่าkam wâathe word/term (introductory marker)วดีwá-deeวดีwá-deefemale possessor of; endowed with (name-forming suffix)หมายถึงmăai tĕungหมายถึงmăai tĕung1[to] mean; denote; refer to2[to] mean (to say); intend (one’s words)ผู้pôoผู้pôo1person; one who … (agentive prefix)2person; people (as a standalone noun in formal/register-bound uses)มีmeeมีmee1[to] experience; undergo2[to] have; possess3there is/are; exist
Mom said that the name Rupawadi means a woman who possesses beauty, with the suffix wadi meaning one who possesses.
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ครูkruuอธิบายà-tí-baaiว่าwâaวดีwá-deeเป็นbpenคำkamต่อท้ายdtò táaiที่têeมาจากmaa jàakภาษาบาลีpaa-săa baa-leeและláeสันสกฤตsăn-sà-grìtใช้cháiในnaiชื่อchêuผู้หญิงpôo yĭngเพื่อpêuuaสื่อถึงsùue tĕungการgaanมีคุณสมบัติmee kun-ná-sŏm-bàtบางอย่างbaang yàang
The teacher explained that wadi is a suffix derived from Pali and Sanskrit, used in female names to convey possession of a particular quality.
การเติมgaan dtermวดีwá-deeท้ายtáaiคำkamเพื่อpêuuaสร้างชื่อsâang chêuผู้หญิงpôo yĭngมิใช่mí châiเพียงpiiangการทำให้gaan tam hâiชื่อchêuไพเราะpai-róแต่ยังdtàe yangสื่อsèuuว่าwâaเจ้าของjâo kŏngชื่อchêuเป็นbpenผู้pôoมีmeeสิ่งsìngหรือrĕuคุณสมบัติkun-ná-sŏm-bàtที่têeคำkamข้างหน้าkâang nâaระบุrá-bù
Adding wadi to a word to form a female name does more than make the name sound pleasing; it also indicates that its bearer possesses the thing or quality specified by the preceding word.
ชื่อchêuธนtonวดีwá-deeซึ่งsêungมีความหมายmee kwaam-măaiว่าwâaหญิงyĭngผู้pôoมีmeeทรัพย์sápประกอบด้วยbprà-gòp dûuaiคำว่าkam wâaธนtonที่têeหมายถึงmăai tĕungทรัพย์sápและláeวดีwá-deeซึ่งsêungเป็นbpenคำkamต่อท้ายdtò táaiที่têeสื่อความหมายsèu kwaam măaiว่าwâaผู้pôoมีmeeในnaiรูปrôopเพศหญิงpâyt yĭng
The name Thanawadi, meaning a woman who possesses wealth, consists of thana, meaning wealth, and wadi, a feminine suffix meaning one who possesses.