เทวี(tay-wee)
Meanings
1NounB2
goddess; female deity
A female deity; a goddess.
Examples
คนไทยkon taiคนไทยkon taiThai person; Thai people; Thai nationalจำนวนมากjam-nuuan mâakจำนวนมากjam-nuuan mâak1many; numerous; a large amount/number2in large numbers/amountsนับถือnáp tĕuนับถือnáp tĕu1[to] believe in; follow (a religion)2[to] respect; admireพระแม่ลักษมีprá mâe lák-sà-mĕeพระแม่ลักษมีprá mâe lák-sà-mĕeGoddess Lakshmiในฐานะnai tăa-náในฐานะnai tăa-náas; in the capacity/role ofเทวีtay-weeเทวีtay-wee1goddess; female deity2queen; high-ranking female royal (formal/literary)แห่งhàengแห่งhàeng1of; belonging to (formal)2place; location (formal)3classifier: places/institutionsความมั่งคั่งkwaam mâng kângความมั่งคั่งkwaam mâng kâng1wealth; affluence2overall prosperityและláeและláeand (coordinating)โชคลาภchôhk lâapโชคลาภchôhk lâap1good luck; fortune2windfall; lucky gain
Many Thai people worship Lakshmi as the goddess of wealth and fortune.
2NounC1
queen; high-ranking female royal (formal/literary)
A queen or a high-ranking female royal, often a consort. This term is used in royal language (ราชาศัพท์ราชาศัพท์raa-chaa-sàp1royal register; royal vocabulary2a royal term), literature, or historical contexts.
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)นิทานní-taanนิทานní-taan1tale; story (traditional/children’s)2folk tale; fableเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)พระราชาprá raa-chaaพระราชาprá raa-chaa1king2His Majesty (title/reference)ทรงมีsong meeทรงมีsong mee[to] have; possess (royal/honorific)พระมเหสีprá má-hăy-sĕeพระมเหสีprá má-hăy-sĕe1queen consort2Her Majesty the Queen (consort)ผู้pôoผู้pôo1person; one who … (agentive prefix)2person; people (as a standalone noun in formal/register-bound uses)เลอโฉมler chŏhmเลอโฉมler chŏhmexquisitely beautiful; stunningนามว่าnaam wâaนามว่าnaam wâa[to] be named; [to] be calledพระนางprá naangพระนางprá naang1queen; royal consort; empress (hon.)2heroine (traditional/poetic)เทวีtay-weeเทวีtay-wee1goddess; female deity2queen; high-ranking female royal (formal/literary)สิริงามsì-rí-ngaamสิริงามsì-rí-ngaambeautiful; graceful (auspicious, dignified)
In that fairy tale, the king had a beautiful consort named Queen Siringam.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
มเหสีmá-hăy-sĕeมเหสีmá-hăy-sĕequeen consort (formal/royal)
queen consort (formal/royal)
องค์เทพสตรีong têhp sà-dtreeองค์เทพสตรีong têhp sà-dtreegoddess; female deity
goddess; female deity
เทพธิดาtêp tí-daaเทพธิดาtêp tí-daagoddess; female celestial being; angelic woman (fig.)
goddess; female celestial being; angelic woman (fig.)
เทพยวดีtâyp-yá-wá-deeเทพยวดีtâyp-yá-wá-dee1a goddess; a celestial lady (literary)2a Thai given name (feminine)
- a goddess; a celestial lady (literary)
- a Thai given name (feminine)
ราชินีraa-chí-neeราชินีraa-chí-nee1queen (female monarch)2queen consort (king's wife)3queen (figurative)
- queen (female monarch)
- queen consort (king's wife)
- queen (figurative)
Word Breakdown
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เทวีtay-weeเทวีtay-weegoddess; female deity