Culture and festivalsFull moon in Thai
“Full moon” in Thai is พระจันทร์เต็มดวงprá-jan dtem duang; you'll also hear วันเพ็ญwan-pen (full-moon day (poetic)).
full moon noun
- prá high
- jan mid
- dtem mid
- duang mid
- High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.
full-moon day noun full-moon day (poetic)
- wan mid
- pen mid
- Mid: level, in your normal speaking voice.
You'll hear วันเพ็ญwan-pen in Loy Krathong Song (รำวงลอยกระทง).
How to use it
พระจันทร์เต็มดวงprá-jan dtem duang, "the moon full in its orb", is the everyday "full moon". The full moon sets the Thai festival calendar: Loy Krathong falls on the full moon of the twelfth lunar month, usually in November, and the big Buddhist holidays are full-moon days. Songs and poems use วันเพ็ญwan-pen, the full-moon day. On Ko Pha-ngan, the beach party that follows the moon is simply the ฟูลมูนปาร์ตี้fuun-muun bpaa-dtîi.
Other spellings you'll see
There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:
- phra chan tem duang
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