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词条 Thai numerals
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  1. Usage

  2. Main numbers

     Zero to ten  Ten to a million  Numbers above a million  Decimal and fractional numbers  Negative numbers  Ordinal numbers 

  3. Alternate numbers

     Ai   Ek   Et   Tho   Yi  Tri & Trai  Chattawa  Lo  Yip  Sao  Kurut  Kot 

  4. Tone marks, education degrees and military ranks

  5. See also

  6. References

  7. External links

{{Numeral systems}}

Thai numerals ({{lang-th|เลขไทย}}, {{RTGS|lek thai}}, {{IPA-th|lêːk tʰāj|pron}}) are a set of numerals traditionally used in Thailand, although the Arabic numerals are more common due to pervasive westernization of Thailand in the modern Rattanakosin Era. Thai numerals follow the Hindu-Arabic numeral system commonly used in the rest of the world. In Thai language, numerals often follow the modified noun and precede a measure word, although variations to this pattern occur.

Usage

The Thai language lacks grammatical number. A count is usually expressed in the form of an uninflected noun followed by a number and a classifier. "Five teachers" is expressed as "teacher five person" {{lang|th-Latn|khru ha khon}} ({{lang-th|ครูห้าคน}} or with the numeral included {{lang-th|ครู ๕ คน}}.) {{lang|th-Latn|Khon}} "person" is a type of referent noun that is also used as the Thai part of speech called in English a linguistic classifier, or measure word. In Thai, counting is kannap ({{lang|th|การนับ}}, lit. 'occasion of respect'); the classifier, laksananam ({{lang|th|ลักษณนาม}} from laksana characteristic, form, attribute, quality, pattern, style; and nam name, designation, appellation.[1]) Variations to this pattern do occur, and there really is no hierarchy among Thai classifiers.[2]

A partial list of Thai words that also classify nouns can be found in Wiktionary category: Thai classifiers.

Main numbers

Zero to ten

Thai sūn is written as oval 0 (number) when using Arabic numerals, but a small circle {{lang|th|๐}} when using traditional numerals, and also means centre in other contexts.[3] It is from Sanskrit śūnya, as are the (context-driven) alternate names for numbers one to four given below; but not the counting 1 (number).

Thai names for N +1 and the regular digits 2 through 9 as shown in the table, below, resemble those in Chinese varieties (e.g., Cantonese and Min Nan) as spoken in Southern China, the homeland of the overseas chinese living in South East Asia . In fact, the etymology of Thai numerals 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 is Middle Chinese, while the etymology of Thai numeral 5 is Old Chinese, as illustrated in the table below[4]

NumberThai
NumeralWrittenRTGSIPAArchaicEtymology
0๐ศูนย์sun/sǔːn/}}Sanskrit śūnya
1๑หนึ่งnueng/nɯ̀ŋ/}}อ้าย (ai)/nʉŋ/}}[4]
2๒สองsong/sɔ̌ːŋ/}}ยี่ (yi)/saŋ/}}[4] (compare Min Nan 雙 sang1) and {{IPA|/nyijH/}}[4] (compare Min Nan 二 ji7)
3๓สามsam/sǎːm/}}สาม (sam)/sam/}}[4] (compare Hakka/Cantonese 三sam1)
4๔สี่si/sìː/}}ไส (sai)sijH}}[4] (compare Min Nan 四 si3)
5๕ห้าha/hâː/}}งั่ว (ngua)/*ŋaʔ/}}[4] (compare Min Nan 五 ngo.)
6๖หกhok/hòk/}}ลก (lok)/ljuwk/}}[4] (compare Hakka + Cantonese 六 liok8)
7๗เจ็ดchet/t͡ɕèt/}}เจ็ด (chet)/tshit/}}[4] (compare Min Nan 七 chit4)
8๘แปดpaet/pɛ̀ːt/}}แปด (paet)/peat/}}[4] (compare Cantonese 八 pat4)
9๙เก้าkao/kâːw/}}เจา (chao)/kjuwX/}}[4] (compare Min Nan 九 kau2)
10๑๐สิบsip/sìp/}}จ๋ง (chong)dzyip}} (compare Min Nan[4] (compare Hakka 十 sip8)

Numerical digit characters, however, are almost identical to Khmer numerals. Thai and Lao words for numerals are almost identical, however, the numerical digits vary somewhat in shape. Shown above is a comparison between three languages using Cantonese and Minnan characters and pronunciations. Shown below is a comparison between three languages using Khmer numerals. Thai and Lao. The Thai transliteration uses the Royal Thai General System of Transcription (RTGS).

NumberThaiKhmerLao
Numeral Written RTGS IPA Archaic Numeral Written IPA Numeral Written IPA
0 ๐ศูนย์ sun /sǔːn/}} (Sanskrit śūnya) ០ km|សូន្យ}}/soun/}} ໐ ສູນ /sǔːn/}}
1 ๑ หนึ่ง nueng /nɯ̀ŋ/}} อ้าย (ai) ១ km|មួយ}}/muəj/}} ໑ ນຶ່ງ /nɯ̌ŋ/}}
2 ๒ สอง song /sɔ̌ːŋ/}} ยี่ (yi) ២ km|ពីរ}}/piː/}} ໒ ສອງ /sǒːŋ/}}
3 ๓ สาม sam /sǎːm/}} สาม (sam) ៣ km|បី}}/ɓəj/}} ໓ ສາມ /sǎːm/}}
4 ๔ สี่ si /sìː/}} ไส (sai) ៤ km|បួន}}/ɓuən/}} ໔ ສີ່ /sìː/}}
5 ๕ ห้า ha /hâː/}} งั่ว (ngua) ៥ km|ប្រាំ}}/pram/}} ໕ ຫ້າ /hâː/}}
6 ๖ หก hok hòk}} ลก (lok) ៦ km|ប្រាំមួយ}}/pram muəj/}} ໖ ຫົກ /hók/}}
7 ๗ เจ็ด chet /t͡ɕèt/}} เจ็ด (chet) ៧ km|ប្រាំពីរ}}/pram piː/}} ໗ ເຈັດ /t͡ɕét/}}
8 ๘ แปด paet /pɛ̀ːt/}} แปด (paet) ៨ km|ប្រាំបី}}/pram ɓəj/}} ໘ ແປດ /pɛ́t/}}
9 ๙ เก้า kao /kâːw/}} เจา (chao) ៩ km|ប្រាំបួន}}/pram ɓuən/}} ໙ ເກົ້າ /kâw/}}
10 ๑๐ สิบ sip /sìp/}} จ๋ง (chong) ១០ km|ដប់}}/ɗɑp/}} ໑໐ ສິບ /síp/}}

Ten to a million

Sanskrit lakh designates the place value of a digit (tamnaeng khong tua lek, ตําแหน่งของตัวเลข), which are named for the powers of ten: the unit's place is lak nuai (หลักหน่วย); ten's place, lak sip (หลักสิบ); hundred's place, lak roi (หลักร้อย), and so forth.[5] The number one following any multiple of sip becomes et (Cantonese: 一, yat1; Minnan: 一, it4). The number ten (sip) is the same as Minnan 十 (sip8, lit.). Numbers from twenty to twenty nine begin with yi sip (Cantonese: 二十, yi6sap6; Minnan: 二十, lit. ji7sip8). Names of the lak sip for 30 to 90, and for the lak of 100, 1000, 10,000, 100,000 and million, are almost identical to those of the like Khmer numerals.

Number Thai RTGS IPA Notes
10๑๐ สิบ sip /sìp/}}
11๑๑ สิบเอ็ด sip et /sìp ʔèt/}}
12๑๒ สิบสอง sip song /sìp sɔ̌ːŋ/}}
20๒๐ ยี่สิบ yi sip /jîː sìp/}}
21๒๑ ยี่สิบเอ็ด yi sip et /jîː sìp ʔèt/}}
22๒๒ ยี่สิบสอง yi sip song /jîː sìp sɔ̌ːŋ/}}
30๓๐ สามสิบ sam sip /sǎːm sìp/}}
31๓๑ สามสิบเอ็ด sam sip et /sǎːm sìp ʔèt/}}
32๓๒ สามสิบสอง sam sip song /sǎːm sìp sɔ̌ːŋ/}}
100๑๐๐ ร้อย roi /rɔ́ːj/}}
1 000๑๐๐๐ พัน phan /pʰān/}}
10 000๑๐๐๐๐ หมื่น muen /mɯ̀ːn/}} From Middle Chinese /mʉɐnH/ 萬
100 000๑๐๐๐๐๐ แสน saen /sɛ̌ːn/}}
1 000 000๑๐๐๐๐๐๐ ล้าน lan /láːn/}}

For the numbers twenty-one through twenty-nine, the part signifying twenty: yi sip (ยี่สิบ), may be colloquially shortened to yip (ยีบ, ยิบ). See the alternate numbers section below.

The hundreds are formed by combining roi with the tens and ones values. For example, two hundred and thirty-two is song roi sam sip song. The words roi, phan, muen, and saen should occur with a preceding numeral (nueng is optional), so two hundred ten, for example, is song roi sip, and one hundred is either roi or nueng roi. Nueng never precedes sip, so song roi nueng sip is incorrect. Native speakers will sometimes use roi nueng (or phan nueng, etc.) with different tones on nueng to distinguish one hundred from one hundred and one. However, such distinction is often not made, and ambiguity may follow. To resolve this problem, if the number 101 (or 1001, 10001, etc.) is intended, one should say roi et (or phan et, muen et, etc.).

Numbers above a million

Numbers above a million are constructed by prefixing lan with a multiplier. For example, ten million is sip lan, and a trillion (1012, a long scale billion) is lan lan.

Decimal and fractional numbers

Colloquially, decimal numbers are formed by saying chut (จุด, dot) where the decimal separator is located. For example, 1.01 is nueng chut sun nueng (หนึ่งจุดศูนย์หนึ่ง).

Fractional numbers are formed by placing nai (ใน, in, of) between the numerator and denominator or using [set] x suan y ([เศษ] x ส่วน y, x parts of the whole y) to clearly indicate. For example, {{1/3}} is nueng nai sam (หนึ่งในสาม) or [set] nueng suan sam ([เศษ]หนึ่งส่วนสาม). The word set (เศษ) can be omitted.

The word khrueng (ครึ่ง) is used for "half". It precedes the measure word if used alone, but it follows the measure word when used with another number. For example, kradat khrueng phaen (กระดาษครึ่งแผ่น) means "half sheet of paper", but kradat nueng phaen khrueng (กระดาษหนึ่งแผ่นครึ่ง) means "one and a half sheets of paper".

Negative numbers

Negative numbers are formed by placing lop (ลบ, minus) in front of the number. For example, −11 is lop sip et (ลบสิบเอ็ด).

Ordinal numbers

Ordinal numbers are formed by placing thi (ที่, place) in front of the number. They are not considered a special class of numbers, since the numeral still follows a modified noun, which is thi in this case.

ThaiRTGSIPAmeaning
ที่หนึ่งthi nueng/tʰîː nɯ̀ŋ/}}first
ที่สองthi song/tʰîː sɔ̌ːŋ/}}second
ที่สาม thi sam/tʰîː sǎːm/}}third
ที่สี่thi si/tʰîː sìː/}}fourth
ที่#thi #/tʰîː/}}#st, #nd, #rd, #th

Alternate numbers

Ai

Ai ({{lang-th|อ้าย}}) is used for "first born (son)" or for the first month, duean ai (เดือนอ้าย), of the Thai lunar calendar.[6]

Ek

Ek ({{lang-th|เอก}}) is from Pali ḗka, "one" [7] Ek is used for one (quantity); first (rank), more prominent than tho โท second, in tone marks, education degrees and military ranks; and for the lead actor in a role. In antiquity, a seventh daughter was called luk ek (ลูกเอก), though a seventh son was luk chet (ลูกเจ็ด).[8]

Et

Et ({{lang-th|เอ็ด}}, Cantonese: 一, yat1; Minnan: 一, it4), meaning "one", is used as last member in a compound number (see the main numbers section above).

Tho

Tho ({{lang-th|โท}}) is from Pali dūā, "two".[9] Tho is used for two and for the second-level rank in tone marks, education degrees and military ranks.[10]

Yi

Yi ({{lang-th|ยี่}}, Cantonese: 二, yi6; Minnan: 二, ji7) is still used in several places in Thai language for the number two, apart from song (สอง): to construct twenty (two tens) and its combinations twenty-one through twenty-nine; to name the second month, duean yi (เดือนยี่), of the traditional Thai lunar calendar; and in the Thai northern dialect thin pha yip (ถิ่น–พายัพ), which refers to the Year of the Tiger.[11]

Tri & Trai

Tri ({{lang|th|ตรี}}) and trai ({{lang|th|ไตร}}) are from Sanskrit trāyaḥ, "three".[12] These alternatives are used for three; third rank in tone marks, education degrees and military ranks; and as a prefix meaning three(fold).[13]

Chattawa

Chattawa ({{lang|th|จัตวา}}) is the Pali numeral four; used for the fourth tone mark and as a prefix meaning fourth in order or quadruple in number.

Lo

Lo ({{lang-th|โหล}}) means a dozen or twelve. It is usually used for trade. It may also mean jar or bottle.[14]

Yip

Yip ({{lang-th|ยีบ or ยิบ}}) in colloquial Thai is an elision or contraction of yi sip (ยี่สิบ) at the beginning of numbers twenty-one through twenty-nine. Therefore, one may hear yip et (ยีบเอ็ด, ยิบเอ็ด), yip song (ยีบสอง, ยิบสอง), up to yip kao (ยีบเก้า, ยิบเก้า). Yip may have a long vowel (ยีบ) or be elided further into a short vowel (ยิบ).

Sao

Sao ({{lang-th|ซาว}}) is twenty in the Thai northern dialect[15] and in the Isan language. Xao (ຊາວ) is the word for twenty in the Lao language.

Kurut

Kurut ({{lang-th|กุรุส}}) means a dozen dozen or 144. It is usually used for trade. It is a loanword from gross.[16]

Kot

Kot ({{lang-th|โกฏิ}}) is ten million used in religious context. It comes from Pali/Sanskrit kōṭi.[17] See also crore.

Tone marks, education degrees and military ranks

The alternate set of numerals used to name tonal marks (ไม้, mai), educational degrees (ปริญญา, parinya), and military rankings derive from names of Sanskrit numerals.

NumberTonal MarkEducational DegreeMilitary Ranking in the Royal Thai Army
ThaiRTGSValueMarkThaiRTGSToneThaiRTGSDegreeThaiRTGSMeaning
เอกekfirst-่ไม้เอกmai ekfirst toneปริญญาเอกparinya ekdoctor'sพลเอก phon ekGeneral
พันเอก phan ekColonel
ร้อยเอกroi ekCaptain
จ่าสิบเอกcha sip ekMaster Sgt. 1st Class
สิบเอกsip ekSergeant (Sgt.)
โทthosecond-้ไม้โทmai thosecond toneปริญญาโทparinya thomaster'sพลโทphon thoLieutenant General
พันโทphan thoLieutenant Colonel
ร้อยโทroi thoLieutenant
จ่าสิบโทcha sip thoMaster Sgt. 2nd Class
สิบโทsip thoCorporal
ตรีtrithird-๊ไม้ตรีmai trithird toneปริญญาตรีparinya tribachelor'sพลตรีphon triMajor general
พันตรีphan triMajor
ร้อยตรีroi triSub Lieutenant
จ่าสิบตรีcha sip triMaster Sgt. 3rd Class
สิบตรีsip triLance Corporal
จัตวาchattawafourth-๋ไม้จัตวา mai chattawafourth toneพลจัตวาphon chattawaBrigadier General (Honorary)

See also

  • Chinese numerals
  • Indian numbering system
  • Indian numerals
  • Khmer numerals
  • Lakh
  • Thai alphabet
  • Thai language
  • Thai six-hour clock
  • The Royal Institute of Thailand

References

1. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.thai-language.com/id/207260|title= ลักษณนาม|editor= Glenn S.|date= May 21, 2013|format= Dictionary|work= Royal Institute Dictionary - 1982|publisher= Thai-language.com|accessdate= May 21, 2013|quote= [grammar] a classifier, a numerative noun}}
2. ^Constructing Taxonomy of Numerative Classifiers for Asian Languages
3. ^English-Thai reverse lookup and synonyms
4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 {{cite book|last=Suthiwan|first=Titima|author2=Uri Tadmor |title=Loanwords in the World's Languages: A Comparative Handbook|editor=Martin Haspelmath|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|date=2009|pages=606|isbn=9783110218442}}
5. ^Online Royal Institute Dictionary {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303000030/http://rirs3.royin.go.th/dictionary.asp |date=2009-03-03 }}, 1999 edition: select "ห" and enter หลัก
6. ^ORID {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303000030/http://rirs3.royin.go.th/dictionary.asp |date=2009-03-03 }} (Online Royal Institute Dictionary (1999); select อ enter อ้าย
7. ^Digital Dictionaries of South Asia Sir Ralph Lilley Turner (1888-1983) A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages entry 2462
8. ^ORID {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303000030/http://rirs3.royin.go.th/dictionary.asp |date=2009-03-03 }} (Online Royal Institute Dictionary (1999), select อ enter เอก
9. ^Digital Dictionaries of South Asia Sir Ralph Lilley Turner (1888-1983) A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages entry 6455
10. ^ORID {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303000030/http://rirs3.royin.go.th/dictionary.asp |date=2009-03-03 }} (Online Royal Institute Dictionary (1999), select ท enter โท
11. ^ORID {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303000030/http://rirs3.royin.go.th/dictionary.asp |date=2009-03-03 }} (Online Royal Institute Dictionary (1999), select ย enter ยี่
12. ^Digital Dictionaries of South Asia Sir Ralph Lilley Turner (1888-1983) A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages entry 5994
13. ^ORID {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303000030/http://rirs3.royin.go.th/dictionary.asp |date=2009-03-03 }} (Online Royal Institute Dictionary (1999), select ต enter ไตร
14. ^ORID {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303000030/http://rirs3.royin.go.th/dictionary.asp |date=2009-03-03 }} (Online Royal Institute Dictionary (1999), select ห enter โหล
15. ^ORID {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303000030/http://rirs3.royin.go.th/dictionary.asp |date=2009-03-03 }} (Online Royal Institute Dictionary (1999), select ซ enter ซาว
16. ^ORID {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303000030/http://rirs3.royin.go.th/dictionary.asp |date=2009-03-03 }} (Online Royal Institute Dictionary (1999), select ก enter กุรุส
17. ^ORID {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303000030/http://rirs3.royin.go.th/dictionary.asp |date=2009-03-03 }} (Online Royal Institute Dictionary (1999), select ก enter โกฏิ

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090303000030/http://rirs3.royin.go.th/dictionary.asp Thai Royal Institute On-line Dictionary] (ORID 1999) [TH: พจนานุกรม ฉบับราชบัณฑิตยสถาน พ.ศ. ๒๕๔๒]
  • Numerals in many different writing systems, which includes Lao, Khmer and Thai numerals 0-9; retrieved 2008-11-12
  • Graphic version of Numerals in many different writing systems, no Unicode required; retrieved 2008-11-12
  • Thai Numbers. How they are written in their numeral and textual forms and how to pronounce them.
  • Search result for numerative noun (11 entries)
  • "International Reference Library Thread of Thai Classifiers" (38 entries)
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