Respect to Thai people, It is amazing to see how Thai people have preserved the original Sanskrit/Pali words in the Thai language. Unfortunately, the names of the month in most of the Indian languages are now replaced by the English Jan,Feb,March..... But in thai they still exist. I can easily relate the names of the month in Thai, with Sanskrit names of the zodiacs(Rashi) and it also suggests that the Sun will be in which zodiac in a perticular month. मकर (Makar) - Capricorn - January कुम्भ (Kumbha) - February मीन (Meen)- March मेष (Mesh) -April वृषभ (Vrishabh) - May मिथुन (Mithun)- June कर्क (Karka)- July सिंह (Simha)- August कन्या (Kanya)- September तुला (Tula)- October वृश्चिक (Vrishchik)- November धनु (Dhanu) -December
Traditional Hindu/Buddhist calendar is lunisolar and the zodiac signs and "rashi" are also lunar, so makara and capricorn are not January but roughly the month pausha, which is mid-Dec to mid-Jan. Anways, both the lunisolar calendar and zodiac are quite commonly used in traditional and religious settings even today in India.
I see you are interested in etymology like me as well! A teacher I've had once explained to me the reason British people say "God bless" or "bless you" when you sneeze. Apparently people in medieval times believed the devil or a demon could get in to you during sneezing, because you temporarily lose control of your body while you sneeze. "Sabotage" has an interesting origin as well. Factory workers in France or Belgium used to break machinery by putting their "sabot" (wooden shoe) in the factory machines as a way of protest for better working conditions, hence "sabot-age".
In Kerala (India) January ½ to February ½ Makaram Feb ½ - March ½ - Kumbam March ½ to April ½ - Meenam April ½ - May ½ - Meddam May ½ - June ½ - Eddavam June½ - July ½ - Midhunam July ½ - August ½ - Karkkidakam August ½ - Sept ½ - Chingam Sept ½ - Oct ½ - Kanni Oct ½ - Nov.½ - Thullam Nov. ½ - Dec ½ - Vrishchigam Dec ½ - Jan ½ - Dhanu Its so similar to Thai months . Idk how ?😊 And my birth month is Chingam .❤
For Tanwaa kom pronunciation, this may or may not be the case for Thai, but in Sanskrit, the rules of Sandhi state that ‘oo’ and ‘aa’ combine to form a ‘waa’ sound. This is called “Wakaara Aagama sandhi”. Hence Dhanu + Aagam / Tanoo + aakom probably becomes Dhanwa / Tanwaa. I may be wrong though. And also, thank you so much for this wonderful video. It was Super helpful to learn the pronunciation so clearly for each month. ❤
Yes, that's correct. To say the fifth day of the month in Thai, you can say วันที่ห้า (wan têe hâa). วันที่ (wan têe) means "day of the month," and "ห้า" (hâa) means "five." And to say the fifth month of the year, you can say "เดือนที่ห้า" (duean têe hâa). เดือนที่ (duean têe) means "month of the year."
