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Origin of the name Buriram
« on: January 31, 2010, 07:06:18 PM »
What is the origin of the name Buriram?  What does it mean?

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Re: Origin of the name Buriram
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2010, 07:50:47 PM »
Buri Ram (Thai: บุรีรัมย์ - "City of Happiness").



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Re: Origin of the name Buriram
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2010, 07:51:29 PM »
What is the origin of the name Buriram?  What does it mean?

Not quite sure what the name Buriram really means?

I believe it use to be called Muang Pae, but that was awhile ago.

Probably way off track here..... but "BURI' is often used as a word when tobacco is involved.

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Re: Origin of the name Buriram
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2010, 07:15:30 AM »
Quote from: ADMIN on January 31, 2010, 07:50:47 PM
Buri Ram (Thai: บุรีรัมย์ - "City of Happiness").

Quote from: ADMIN on January 31, 2010, 07:50:47 PM
Buri Ram (Thai: บุรีรัมย์ - "City of Happiness").

Quote from: ADMIN on January 31, 2010, 07:50:47 PM
Buri Ram (Thai: บุรีรัมย์ - "City of Happiness").



 

That sounds obviously and prosaically right.  Certainly the Thai -buri is used as a suffix in many placenames (Lopburi, Inburi, Wichianburi etc).  My question was actually prompted by a sign outside Ramkhamhaeng University Campus which says, if I remember correctly, "in honour of King Buriram".  Romantic but wrong?  I'll check the wording again next time I go past.

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Re: Origin of the name Buriram
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2010, 09:31:47 AM »
Indeed the meaning of Buriram is The City/Town of Happiness. Buri is the part that means City/Town and Ram is the Happy bit.

The word Buri meaning cigarette would actually be spelt Buhri.

Hope this helps



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Re: Origin of the name Buriram
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2010, 03:39:47 PM »
Helped Me Starman ....thanks happy2

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Re: Origin of the name Buriram
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2010, 09:44:12 PM »
Ram actually is the by product of making rice the bit let over is called ram, nothing to do with happy! :)

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Re: Origin of the name Buriram
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2010, 06:59:17 AM »
Ram actually is the by product of making rice the bit let over is called ram, nothing to do with happy! :)

You're thinking English, not Thai.  The English letters 'ram' can represent several different Thai words, not just the one you quote.

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Re: Origin of the name Buriram
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2010, 08:25:44 AM »
Ram actually is the by product of making rice the bit let over is called ram, nothing to do with happy! :)

You're thinking English, not Thai.  The English letters 'ram' can represent several different Thai words, not just the one you quote.

Yes indeed. This is one of the reasons that I decided to learn how to read and write Thai.

รัมย์ = ram = Happy

รำ = ram = by product of rice.Or Thai dancing. This word is very unusual as there are 2 meanings but only one spelling and one pronunciation.

ราม = ram = a hero in classical Thai literature.

บุรี = buri = town/city

บุหรี่ = buhri = cigarette

Hope this helps.

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Re: Origin of the name Buriram
« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2010, 01:46:32 PM »
so whats the meaning of bulilam??!  sissies

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Re: Origin of the name Buriram
« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2010, 03:08:09 PM »
I started this thread after seeing the stone sign outside Ramkhamhaeng University Campus.  I went past it again today;  the exact wording is
REGIONAL CAMPUS IN HONOUR HIS MAJESTY KING BUREERUM

The strange spelling is just an alternative transliteration.  What I think has happened is that the sign has got garbled in the translation, and should read/mean
"Buriram Regional Campus in Honour of His Majesty the King"

I don't really think "King Bureerum" is even a fantasy, just a mistake in the translation.

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Re: Origin of the name Buriram
« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2010, 01:14:16 AM »
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Re: Origin of the name Buriram
« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2010, 07:42:09 PM »
Indeed the meaning of Buriram is The City/Town of Happiness. Buri is the part that means City/Town and Ram is the Happy bit.

The word Buri meaning cigarette would actually be spelt Buhri.

Hope this helps



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Re: Origin of the name Buriram
« Reply #13 on: June 04, 2010, 07:32:10 AM »
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Re: Origin of the name Buriram
« Reply #14 on: June 04, 2010, 05:25:12 PM »
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