Muay boran, and therefore muay Thai, was originally called by more generic names such as pahuyuth ( from the Sanskrit bahu-yuddha meaning unarmed combat ), dhoi muay ( boxing or pugilism, a cognate of the Malay word tomoi ) or simply muay.

The soy sauces which are used in Thai cuisine are of Chinese origin and the Thai names for them are ( wholly or partially ) loanwords from the Teochew language: si-io dam ( dark soy sauce ), si-io khao ( light soy sauce ), and taochiao ( fermented whole soy beans ).

* List of Thai dishes ( includes names in Thai script )

* List of Thai ingredients ( includes names in Thai script )

The Thai kingdom and city of Ayutthaya, and the Indonesian sultanate of Yogyakarta, were named after Ayodhya, reflecting the common Southeast Asian practice of adopting place names from Hindu kingdoms.

Other vernacular names include Nimm ( Punjabi ), Vembu ( Tamil ), Arya Veppu ( Malayalam ), Azad Dirakht ( Persian ), Nimba, Arishta, Picumarda ( Sanskrit, Oriya ), Limdo ( Gujarati language ) Kadu-Limba ( Marathi ), Dongoyaro ( in some Nigerian languages ), Margosa, Neem ( نيم ) ( Arabic ), Nimtree, Vepu ( వ ే ప ు), Vempu ( வ ே ம ் ப ு), Vepa ( వ ే ప ) ( Telugu ), Bevu ( ಕಹ ಿ ಬ ೇ ವ ು ( Kannada ), Kodu nimb ( Konkani ), ක ො හ ො ඹ ( Kohomba, Sinhala ), Tamar ( Burmese ), sầu đâu, xoan Ấn Độ ( Vietnamese ), ស ្ ដ ៅ ( Sdao, Khmer ), สะเดา ( Sadao, Thai ), אזדרכת ( Hebrew ), " Maliyirinin " ( Bambara language ) and Paraiso ( Spanish ).

In Southeast Asia, Hmong people are referred to by other names, including: ; Lao: ແມ ້ ວ ( Maew ) or ມ ົ້ ງ ( Mong ); Thai: แม ้ ว ( Maew ) or ม ้ ง ( Mong ); ( မ ံု လ ူ မ ်ိဳး).

Thai numerals (, IPA: ) constitute a numeral system of Thai number names for the Khmer numerals traditionally used in Thailand, also used for the more common Arabic numerals, and which follow the Hindu-Arabic numeral system.

* Thai Siri () and Sri or Si () ( Thai place names below )

Thai language newspapers published the names of 100 women who claimed to have shared his bed, shocking the public when it was learnt how corrupt he had actually been.

He admitted to not knowing much about Thai football, and referring to his players by squad numbers rather than their Thai names.

Traditional Thai classical repertoire is anonymous, handed down through an oral tradition of performance in which the names of composers ( if, indeed, pieces were historically created by single authors ) are not known.

Thai people are generally known by their nicknames ; public figures such as politicians and actors are often referred to by their first names.

This has given Isan a wealth of other names, including Thai Isan, Lao Isan, Lao, or Northeastern Thai.

English common names include Champoo ( a transliteration of the Thai name ), wax apple, love apple, java apple, royal apple, bellfruit, Jamaican apple, water apple, mountain apple, cloud apple, wax jambu, rose apple, and bell fruit.

Nicknames are useful because official Thai names are often long, particularly among Thais of Chinese descent, whose lengthy names stem from an attempt to translate Chinese names into Thai equivalents, or among Thai with similarly lengthy Sanskrit-derived names.

And Secretary Rusk, en route to Bangkok, doubtless is trying to make emergency arrangements for the possible entry of Australian or Thai SEATO forces.

This is the case for Vietnamese ( a true alphabet ) and Thai ( an abugida ).

In Thai, tone is determined primarily by the choice of consonant, with diacritics for disambiguation.

For example, the spelling of the Thai word for " beer " retains a letter for the final consonant " r " present in the English word it was borrowed from, but silences it.

To make up for a lack of hard currency, Thailand's township, Amphoe Kut Chum, once issued its own local scrip called Bia Kut Chum: Bia is Thai for cowry shell, was once Baht, and is still current in metaphorical expressions.

While the precepts for monks and nuns differ somewhat depending on which tradition one has ordained in ( Tibetan, Thai Theravadan, etc.

Its name derives from the Sanskrit word for " wheel " or " turning " ( चक ् र ं, pronounced in Hindi ; Pali: cakka चक ् क, Oriya: ଚକ ୍ ର, Malayalam: ചക ് ര ം, Thai: จ ั กระ, Telugu: చక ్ రo, Tamil: சக ் கரம ், Kannada: ಚಕ ್ ರ, Chinese: 輪 / 轮, pinyin: lún,, Wylie: khor lo ).

* 1591 – King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, for which this date is now observed marked as Royal Thai Armed Forces day.

The term kickboxing ( キックボクシング ) itself was introduced in the 1960s as a Japanese anglicism by Japanese boxing promoter Osamu Noguchi for a hybrid martial art combining Muay Thai and karate which he had introduced in 1958.

Flying kicks are commonly practiced in Tae Kwon Do, Karate, Wushu, and Muay Thai for fitness, exhibitions, competition, as well as self defense.

The Mekong has thus not been an obstacle but a facilitator for communication, and the similarities between Laos and northeast Thai society — same people, same language — reflect the close contact that has existed across the river for centuries.

* Thanh Hoa ( 1972 ) ( text by Nguyen Thai Mao ) for voice and piano

The term kickboxing ( キックボクシング ) was created by the Japanese boxing promoter Osamu Noguchi for a variant of Muay Thai and Karate that he created in the 1950s.

With the success of muay Thai in the mixed martial arts, it has become the de facto style of choice for competitive stand-up fighters.

This is certainly the case with traditional stylists in Thailand, but is a less popular form of fighting in the contemporary world fighting circuit where the Thai style of exchanging blow for blow is no longer favorable.

Richard W. Hughes, author of Ruby and Sapphire, a Bangkok based gemologist who has made many trips to Burma makes the point that for every ruby sold through the junta, another gem that supports subsistence mining is smuggled over the Thai border.

Molotov cocktails used by United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship | protesters in Thailand, 2010 Thai military crackdown | May 2010.

This game is commonly played in practice with only one heap ( for instance with k = 3 in the game Thai 21 on Survivor: Thailand, where it appeared as an Immunity Challenge ).

For example, in Thai, Hindi, and Quechua, there are minimal pairs of words for which aspiration is the only contrasting feature ( two words with different meanings that are identical except that one has an aspirated sound where the other has an unaspirated one ).

It is one of the key ingredients for many Indian, Persian and Thai dishes such as in curry and many more.

During the reign of Rama III ( 1824 – 1851 ,) a Scottish trader had experimental coins struck in England at the king's behest, Though not adopted for use, the name of the country put on these first coins was Muang Thai, not Siam.

Ayutthaya's culture and traditions became the model for the next period in Thai history, the Bangkok based Rattanakosin Kingdom of the Chakri Dynasty.

The Essential Thai Cookbook, 192 pages, New York: Clarkson N. Potter Inc., 1994

The province is quite mountainous with the Luang Prabang Range running roughly in a N / S direction and forming a natural border with the Thai highlands.

It finds its origins in modernist influences on the traditions of Burma, Laos, Thailand and Sri Lanka, and the innovations and popularisations by Theravāda teachers as Mahasi Sayadaw (" New Burmese Method "), Ledi Sayadaw ( the Ledi lineage ), Anagarika Munindra, and Ajahn Chah ( Thai Forest Tradition ), as well as nonsectarian derivatives from those traditions such as the movement led by S. N. Goenka ( with his co-teacher wife Illaichi Devi ) who studied with teacher Sayagyi U Ba Khin.

On February 5, Cambodia had formally complained in a letter to the U. N. " The recent Thai military actions violate the 1991 Paris Peace Accord, U. N. Charter and a 1962 judgment from the International Court of Justice ", the letter claims.