เดชะบุญญา(day-chá bun-yaa)
Meanings
1AdverbC2
fortunately; by good fortune
Happening with good luck; luckily. A formal or literary way to say that something turned out well due to merit or fortune.
Examples
โครงการkrohng gaanโครงการkrohng gaan1project; scheme2plan; proposalกำลังจะgam-lang jàกำลังจะgam-lang jàabout to (imminent future)ล้มเหลวlóm lěoล้มเหลวlóm lěo1unsuccessful; failed2[to] fail; be unsuccessfulอยู่แล้วyòo láewอยู่แล้วyòo láew1already; anyway; of course2by nature; inherentlyแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)เดชะบุญญาday-chá bun-yaaเดชะบุญญาday-chá bun-yaa1fortunately; by good fortune2thank goodness; fortunatelyที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ได้รับdâi rápได้รับdâi ráp1[to] receive; get; obtain; be given/granted/awarded2[to] experience; be subjected to; suffer; sustain; be affected by3[to] be ...-ed (passive with ได้รับ/ได้รับการ)เงินทุนสนับสนุนngern tun sà-nàp-sà-nŭnเงินทุนสนับสนุนngern tun sà-nàp-sà-nŭnfunding; grantทันเวลาtan way-laaทันเวลาtan way-laain timeพอดีpo deeพอดีpo dee1just right; exactly suitable2exactly; just (in time/amount)3happen to; by chance4just enough
The project was about to fail, but luckily, we received funding just in time.
2InterjectionC2
thank goodness; fortunately
An exclamation used to express relief or gratitude that something has turned out well.
Examples
เดชะบุญญาday-chá bun-yaaเดชะบุญญาday-chá bun-yaa1fortunately; by good fortune2thank goodness; fortunatelyนึกว่าnéuk wâaนึกว่าnéuk wâa1[to] think/assume (that)2I thought…! (exclam.)ทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveกระเป๋าสตางค์grà-bpăo sà-dtaangกระเป๋าสตางค์grà-bpăo sà-dtaangwallet; coin purseหายไปhăai bpaiหายไปhăai bpai1[to] disappear; vanish2[to] be missing; be gone3[to] subside; wear off4[to] go silent; drop out of contact (informal)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)เสียอีกsĭia èekเสียอีกsĭia èek1even; all the more2on the contrary; unexpectedly
Thank goodness! I thought I had lost my wallet for sure.
Related Words
Word Breakdown
เดชะday-cháเดชะday-chá1power; might (formal/literary)2by virtue of; thanks to; owing to (formal)Part 1
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เดชะบุญญาday-chá bun-yaaเดชะบุญญาday-chá bun-yaafortunately; by good fortune