How do you write in Thai and pronounce these words

[Bangkoktraveler]

How do you write and say the following English words? Any help would be appreciated.

 

Shiva

Meitreya

Hanuman

Trimurti

Brahma

Kali

Lakshmi

Vishnu

Kali

Indra

Ram

Durga

Krishna

 

[Ongchaiyai]

Shiva ศิวะ

Meitreya มิ�ิยา

Hanuman ห�ุมา�

Kali à¸Âาลี

Lakshmi ลัà¸Âษะมี

Vishnu วิษ�ุ

Indra อิ��ร�ิ�

Ram ราม

Krishna à¸Âฤษà¸?ะ

 

 

 

[Bangkoktraveler]

Close. I don't know what the words are for any of these names except for Meitrya. That is pronounced somehing like presseon but I know that is not right and I don't know how to write in Thai the Thai spelling and pronounciation of these English words.

[elef]

AFAIK all those words are hindu gods and in english you use the original sanskrit names. Normally sanskrit words are very close in thai. We had many years ago a member - Scum Baggio - who knew a lot of sanskrit origin of thai words.

[Flashermac]

Thais have their own versions of the names. e.g. Lakshmi = Pra Lak, Indra = Pra In. Since Buddhism has no divinity, the Thais (and others) borrowed gods from the Hindus (though usually with far less respect).

 

There are other versions of these names as well. e.g. In the North, Hanuman is Horaman.

 

[Bangkoktraveler]

Thanks. Meitrya is Buddhist. I asked my wife if she knew about him. A day later she said yes, that is after she talked to her mother about it.

 

Trimurti is the head god in Hinduism. The Thais worship him as a god of love.

 

If you can write these names in Thai I would appreciate it.

[..]

Oooo, tough. I'm digging into the memory banks here...

 

�ระ�าราย�� (pra-naa-raai) -- Vishnu (aka Narayana)

 

���วศร� (tay-wet) or (as Flash said) �ระอิ��ร� (pra-in) -- Indra

 

�ระ�รหม (pra prom) -- Brahma

 

à¸Âาลี (gaa-lee) -- Kali

 

�ร�มศวร� (bpra-may-sow) -- Shiva

 

à¸?ิà¸?à¹?à¸?ศ (piÃŒÂk-net) -- Ganesha

 

à¸?รีมูรà¸?ิ (dtree-moon-dtiÌ?) -- the multi-headed one (Bramha, Shiva & Vishnu, I think )

 

�ระราม (pra-raam) -- Rama

 

That's it. I've exhausted all I know on this subject.

 

Cheers,

SD

[Bangkoktraveler]

Thanks. You even included Ganesha which I already knew.

 

Meitreya is the main one I need now.

 

[FAT_AUSSIE]

My wife really likes it when I call her Nung Yaak

[Goodthaigirl]

Thanks. You even included Ganesha which I already knew.

 

Meitreya is the main one I need now.

 

It is a short form of the name �ระศรีอารย�ม���รย� (Pra-si-a-ra-ya-met-tri).

 

"Meitreya" --�ม���รย�

 

I think it is one form of the Lord Buddha in Mahayana or มหายา� sect (not in Theravada or ��รวา� sect which most Thai people practice).