Flag day in Thai ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ

by | Dec 4, 2020 | Thai

Every country has a different flag day. In the USA, Flag day is on June 14.

In Thailand, Flag day is on September 28. Flag day in Thai is เธงเธฑเธ™เธžเธฃเธฐเธฃเธฒเธŠเธ—เธฒเธ™เธ˜เธ‡เธŠเธฒเธ•เธดเน„เธ—เธข (wan prรกย rรขatย taanย tong-chรขat-tai).

เธงเธฑเธ™ (wan) means day.
เธžเธฃเธฐเธฃเธฒเธŠเธ—เธฒเธ™ (prรกย rรขatย taan) is a royal word meaning to give the flag.
เธ˜เธ‡เธŠเธฒเธ•เธดเน„เธ—เธข (tong-chรขat-tai) means Thai national flag.
เธ˜เธ‡ (tong) by itself is flag.
เธŠเธฒเธ•เธดเน„เธ—เธข (chรขat-tai) means Thai nation.

Flag day became official on September 28, 1917, as its the day the current design became official by Royal Decree from King Rama VI.

For Flag day (in general) you can just say เธงเธฑเธ™เธ˜เธ‡ (wan tong).

Flag day in Thai

Information about the Thai Flag

The Thai flag ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ has 5 horizontal stripes. The top and bottom stripes are colored red, the inner top and bottom stripes are colored white, and the middle stripe is blue.

Did you know, the flag used to have an Elephant ๐Ÿ˜ in it? The elephant was removed from the flag due to the king noticing the difficulty people had ordering the flag from other countries and also the flag was sometimes positioned upside (with the elephant upside down).

To learn more about the history of the Thai flag, please visit our article.

Thailand's old flag
One of Thailandโ€™s old flag 1843โ€“1893From Wikimedia Commons,

Flag / Flag day vocabulary

  • Flag
    เธ˜เธ‡
    tong

  • Stripes
  • Stripes
    เน€เธชเน‰เธ™เนเธ–เธš
    sรขyn tร ep

  • Colors
    เธชเธต
    sฤ•e

  • Red
    เธชเธตเนเธ”เธ‡
    sฤ•e daeng

  • White
    เธชเธตเธ‚เธฒเธง
    sฤ•e kฤƒao
  • Blue
    เธชเธตเธ™เน‰เธณเน€เธ‡เธดเธ™
    sฤ•e nรกam ngern

  • Pole
    เน€เธชเธฒ
    sฤƒo

  • Waving
    เธชเธฐเธšเธฑเธ”
    sร -bร t

  • Raise the flag (by pulling the string)
    เธŠเธฑเธเธ˜เธ‡
    chรกk tong

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