Thai Language - Sanskrit Roots

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Just returned from a quick trip to Bangkok and it is the first time I ever had some free time to roam around the city in the last five years (since I first went). The experience is entirely different and showed me a different city (I used to spend my time across Erawan and Central World/Siam). Among the most interesting observations, the best is the thai language. When I first started working with Thai people, my biggest problem was the "names" and how to pronounce. Slowly I got used to it but didn't really 'tried' to understand the meaning.
But this time, after going to the country side and up north, I really started to feel close to the country. No wonder this is a God's own country ;)

Ok, here I share some thai words and try to guess the meaning.

• Thonburi
• Rattanakosin
• Mahasamut
• Nonthaburi
• Samut Prakan
• Nakhon Pathom

At first this may sound too difficult to pronounce (atleast as if in Thai) and pretty difficult to remember the names. But let me explain, 

• Thonburi         --> Thon + Puri = Dhan+Puri --> Dhan Puri 
• Rattanakosin   --> Rattana + Kosin = Ratna+Kosam --> Ratna Kosam
• Mahasamut     --> Maha + Samut = Maha + Samudra (pali word)
• Nonthaburi     --> Nontha + Buri = Nuthan + Puri --> Nuthan Pur
• Samut Prakan --> Prakan = Prakar and you know what it means
• Nakhon Pathom --> Nakhon = Nagara + Pathom = Prathama 

:) basically it's all Sanskrit + Pali words changed form. Just like how Malay/Bahasa similar to "normalized Sanskrit" :)
So next time when you go to Bankok, try to guess the meaning and you'll remember the names for a long time.