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Interesting, I never thought of this problem before. In Thai, all month names are suffix with a word indicating number of days in a month. For example, "-khom"
by sirn 13y ago
Interesting, I never thought of this problem before. In Thai, all month names are suffix with a word indicating number of days in a month. For example, "-khom" in "Mokkarakhom" (January) indicates 31 days, where "-yon" (e.g. Mesayon, "April") indicates 30 days. Benefit of being late-adopter allow us to name a month in a convenient way, I guess.
- gabriel34 13y agoInteresting. What about February and leap years? Does khom and yon have meanings? The rest of the month's name is based on what?
- sirn 13y agoFebruary is using a special suffix, "-phan". Both "-khom" and "-yon" means "come" or "arrival". Since our month names are basically a Zodiac in Hindu astrology, "Mokkarakhom" could be translated to "the arrival of Capricorn" (Mokkara/Makara) or April "Mesayon" is "the arrival of Aries" (Mesa).