ธรณี

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ธรณี dʰ r ɳ ī
Phonemic		ทอ-ระ-นี d ɒ – r a – n ī
Romanization	Paiboon	tɔɔ-rá-nii
	Royal Institute	tho-ra-ni
(standard) IPA^(key)		/tʰɔː˧.ra˦˥.niː˧/

Etymology 1

From Pali dharaṇī (“earth”) or Sanskrit धरणी (dharaṇī, “earth”); perhaps via Old Khmer dharaṇī (“earth”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ធរណី (thɔnəy).

Noun

ธรณี • (tɔɔ-rá-nii)

(elegant) earth, ground, land, soil, territory; country; world.
(นาง~, พระ~, พระ แม่~, แม่~) earth goddess.
(พระ~) personified earth.

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Malay derni (“sill; threshold”). Possibly cognate with Khmer ធរណី (thɔnəy). Compare Sanskrit धरणी (dharaṇī, “beam; line, row; rafter”).

Noun

ธรณี • (tɔɔ-rá-nii)

(of a door or doorway) sill; threshold.

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