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˧/(R)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ธรณี • (tɔɔ-rá-nii)

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

Derived terms

• ธรณีวิทยา (tɔɔ-rá-nii-wít-tá-yaa)
• ธรณีสงฆ์
• แม่ธรณี

Etymology 2

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

Noun

ธรณี • (tɔɔ-rá-nii)

1. (of a door or doorway) sill; threshold

Derived terms

• ธรณีประตู (tɔɔ-rá-nii-bprà-dtuu)

Further reading

• “ธรณี” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.