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Thai Name
Thai names, like Lao name, Lao ones, use the Western order of a given name followed by a family name. This differs from the patterns of Cambodian name, Cambodian, Vietnamese name, Vietnamese, and other Southeast Asian cultures, which place the family name first. Like Persian name, Iranian and Turkish name, Turkish counterparts, Thai family names are a relatively recent introduction. They are required to be unique to a family; they are usually quite long as a result. Prior to the promulgation of the Surname Act of 1913 by Vajiravudh, King Vajiravudh (Rama VI), inhabitants of Siam did not have surnames, identifying themselves instead by their parents' given names or the place they resided. While given names are used in formal settings and for recordkeeping, most Thais are also given a nickname at birth that is used in daily life. This nickname takes precedence over the given name in most other social situations, including school or the workplace. Surnames Last names became lega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family Name Affixes
Family name affixes are a clue for surname etymology and can sometimes determine the ethnic origin of a person. This is a partial list of affixes. Prefixes Arabic *Abu – (Arabic) "father of"; * Al – (Arabic) "Family of" or "House of" (in conjunction with name of ancestor) * Bet – (Arabic from "Beyt") "house of" * Bint – (Arabic) "daughter of"; Binti, Binte ( Malaysian version) * El – (Arabic see Al) * Ibn – (Arabic) "son of" Armenian * Ter – (Eastern Armenian) "son/daughter of a Priest" * Der – (Western Armenian) "son/daughter of a priest"; ( German) "the" (masculine nominative), "of the" (feminine genitive) Berber * Aït – (Berber) "of" * At/Ath – (Berber) "(son of" Dutch *de – ( Dutch) "the" * 's – ( Dutch) "of the"; contraction of ''des'', genitive case of the definite article ''de''. Example: 's Gravesande. * 't – ( Dutch) "the"; contraction of the neuter definite article ''het''. * ter – ( Dutch) "at the" * van – ( Dutch) "of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sung Noen District
Sung Noen (, ; , ) is a district (''amphoe'') in western part of Nakhon Ratchasima province, northeastern Thailand. History The literal translation of ''Sung Noen'' is 'high hills', as the area has two high (sung) hills (noen) beside a pond, and has never been flooded. Sung Noen was the location of two ancient cities, Mueang Sema and Khorakha (Khorat) Pura.Pali ''púra'' became Sanskrit ''puri'', hence Thaibr>บุรี, บูรี() all connoting the same as Thai ''mueang'': city with defensive wall Historians believe that Sung Noen is Mueang Rat, a city under the rule of Pho Khun Pha Mueang, one of the rulers who played a great role in establishing the Sukhothai Kingdom, at the beginning of Thai history. When the Northeastern railway was finished in 1901, the community consisting of Ban Sung Noen grew due to the passing of the railway. Thus the government raised Sung Noen to district status. Geography Neighbouring districts are (from the north clockwise) Dan Khun Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siwarak Tedsungnoen
Siwarak Tedsungnoen (, ; born April 20, 1984) is a Thai professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Thai League 1 club Buriram United and the Thailand national team. Club career Bangkok Bank Siwarak played for Bangkok Bank FC from 2003 to 2007, making 76 caps. BEC Tero Sasana Siwarak moved to BEC Tero Sasana FC in 2008. Although Siwarak played well in BEC Tero Sasana F.C. he was not always a starter, because Pisan Dorkmaikaew another goalkeeper in BEC Tero also played well. Therefore, the competition in the team is high, and being a starter is not guaranteed. TOT Siwarak moved to TOT S.C. in 2010, but didn't play any match for the team. Buriram United 2010 Season In 2010 Siwarak moved to Buriram PEA (currently Buriram United). He was Buriram United's best keeper and he became a regular starter for Buriram United. 2011 Season Siwarak made history with Buriram after winning the 2011 Thai Premier League, 2011 Thai FA Cup, and the 2011 Thai League Cup. 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuy People
The Kuy (, ) are an indigenous ethnic group of mainland Southeast Asia. The native lands of the Kuy range from the southern Khorat Plateau in northeast Thailand east to the banks of the Mekong River in southern Laos and south to north central Cambodia. The Kuy are an ethnic minority in all three countries, where they live as "hill tribes" or Montagnards. Their language is classified as a Katuic language of the Mon-Khmer language family. The Thais, Lao, and Khmer traditionally recognize the Kuy as the aboriginal inhabitants of the region. The word ''kuy'' in the Kuy language means "people" or "human being"; alternate English spellings include Kui, Kuoy and Kuay, while forms similar to "Suay" or "Suei" are derived from the Thai/Lao exonyms meaning "those who pay tribute". The Kuy are known as skilled mahouts, or elephant trainers, and many Kuy villages are employed in finding, taming, and selling elephants. Kuy people occupied the region west of the Mekong and northeast of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Khmer People
Northern Khmer people (; ) or colloquially as Thais of Khmer origin (); mostly referred to as Khmer Surin (Khmer: ខ្មែរសុរិន្ទ Thai: เขมรสุรินทร์) is the designation used to refer to ethnic Khmers native to the Isan region of Northeast Thailand. History Khmers have had a presence in this area since at least the time of the Khmer Empire. With the fall of the Angkor, the Khmers of the Isan region were subject to increasing Thai influence. In the 18th century, the Thai kingdom officially annexed the former Cambodian province of Surin. The Khmer residents became ''de facto'' subjects of the Thai monarchy and a long process of gradual cultural assimilation began. Demographics Culture Although now a minority, the Northern Khmer have maintained some of their Khmer identity, practicing the Khmer form of Theravada Buddhism and speaking a dialect known as ''Khmê'' in Khmer and Northern Khmer dialect, Northern Khmer in English. Few Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Thai People
The Northern Thai people or Tai Yuan (, ), self-designation ''khon mueang, mu(e)ang'' ( meaning "people of the (cultivated) land" or "people of our community"), are a Tai peoples, Tai ethnic group, native to nine provinces in Northern Thailand, principally in the area of the former kingdom of Lan Na. As a Tai peoples, Tai group, they are closely related to Lu people, Tai Lü and Khün language, Tai Khün with regards to common culture, language and history in contrast to Thailand's dominant Thai people, Thai ethnic group (referred to as ''Siamese'' or ''Central Thai''). There are approximately 6 million Tai Yuan. Most of them live in Northern Thailand, with a small minority 29,442 (2005 census) living across the border in Bokeo Province of Laos. Their language is called Northern Thai language, Northern Thai, Lanna or ''Kham Mueang''. Exonym and endonym Endonyms The Northern Thai people refer to themselves as ''khon muang'', meaning "people of the (cultivated) land," "peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isan People
The Isan people (, , ; , ; , ; ) or literally Northeastern people are an ethnic group native to Isan, Northeastern Thailand with an estimated population of about 22 million. Alternative terms for this group are ''T(h)ai Isan'', ''Thai-Lao'', ''Lao Isan'', or ''Isan Lao''. Like Thai people, Central Thai (Siamese) and Lao people, Lao, they belong to the linguistic family of Tai peoples. In a broader sense, everyone who comes from the 20 northeastern provinces of Thailand may be called ''khon isan''. In the narrower sense, the term refers only to the Lao people, ethnic Lao who make up the majority population in most parts of the region. After the failed Lao rebellion (1826–1828), Lao Rebellion in 1826, the region witnessed mass forced population transfers of ethnic Lao into Isan. Following the separation of Isan from the historical Lao Kingdom, its integration into the Thai nation state and the central government's policy of "Thaification", they have developed a distinct r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistanis In Thailand
The history of Pakistanis in Thailand is based much before the Partition of India, independence when hundreds of people from regions of current-day Pakistan left for Thailand, then known as Siam. Most are concentrated in and around areas of Bangkok. Along with Indians, they are part of the much larger South Asian community in the country. Occupations The occupations of Pakistani expatriates vary from white-collar to blue-collar labour. Pakistanis form one of the larger communities of Islam in Thailand, Muslims in Thailand. There are several hundred Pakistani students abroad, Pakistani international students at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok; after Thai and Vietnamese students, they consist the third largest group in the university. The movement of Pakistanis throughout the country is common; in 2018, as many as 84,981 Pakistanis visited Thailand. Organisations and politics The Thai-Pakistani Friendship Association (TPFA), a government recognised body, based both in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iranians In Thailand
Iranian migration to Thailand () began as early as the 17th century. Thai citizens of Iranian background or descent may be called in Thai: Khaek Ma-ngon (), Khaek Mahon () or Khaek Chaosen (; "Shia Muslim"). There is a community of Thai people of Iranian descent who still practice Shia Islam in many districts throughout Bangkok, such as Yan Nawa, Bueng Kum, Saphan Sung, and Min Buri, as well as parts of Chachoengsao Province.''"นักเดินทาง...เพื่อความเข้าใจในแผ่นดิน" ธนบุรี'', หน้า 153 History During the Ayutthaya Kingdom period, the Iranian community in Thailand consisted primarily of merchants. They are recorded in some memoirs of their fellow merchants, the Dutch East India Company, as well as in the '' Safine-ye Solaymani'' ("Ship of Solayman"), an account of a Persian embassy to King Narai. Some descendants of Iranians from the Ayutthaya period converted to Buddhism, and continued to re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indians In Thailand
Indians in Thailand, often referred to as Thai Indians, are citizens of Thailand with full or partial Indian ancestry, although these ancestral ties are usually left out of statistics. About 65,000 Indian Thais have full Thai citizenship, but around 400,000 persons of Indian origin settled in Thailand mainly in the urban cities. Intermixing and interethnic marriages of the earlier migrants have led to a large indigenous Thai Indian community. An opinion poll in 2010 stated that 37% of Thai people had positive views about India, contrasted with 37% of Thai people having negative views about India. History Since ancient time, there have been various exchanges between the India and Thailand. India was known as Jambudvipa and South East Asia was known as Suwannabhumi. Indo Thai trade relations go back to 500 BCE at least where evidence indicates presence of trade relations with north India (Etched carnelian beads) and south India (Indo -Pacific beads). Buddhism and Hinduism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mon People
The Mon (; Thai Mon: ဂကူမည်; , ; , ) are an ethnic group who inhabit Lower Myanmar's Mon State, Kayin State, Kayah State, Tanintharyi Region, Bago Region, the Irrawaddy Delta, and several areas in Thailand (mostly in Pathum Thani province, Phra Pradaeng and Nong Ya Plong). The native language is Mon, which belongs to the Monic branch of the Austroasiatic language family and shares a common origin with the Nyah Kur language, which is spoken by the people of the same name that live in Northeastern Thailand. A number of languages in Mainland Southeast Asia are influenced by the Mon language, which is also in turn influenced by those languages. The Mon were one of the earliest to reside in Southeast Asia, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Mainland Southeast Asia. The civilizations founded by the Mon were some of the earliest in Thailand as well as Myanmar and Laos. The Mon are regarded as a large exporter of Southeast Asian cultur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
