In English the word "day" forms the last half of all our  day names. In Thai their equivalent word "wan" precedes each day name. 

Each day in Thai also has a auspicious colour and an astrological link.      

 

Day of the week         Days            Colour (in English)          (in Thai)             Astrological

ahtit                           Sunday               RED                           sii-daeng                     Sun

wan-jan                     Monday               YELLOW                      sii-leung                     Moon

wan-ankaan               Tuesday               PINK                          sii-chomphu                Saturn 

wan-peut                   Wednesday          GREEN                        sii-keow                     Pluto

wan-par-reu-hat        Thursday              ORANGE                      sii-som                       Mars 

wan-suk (soog)          Friday                  BLUE                           sii-faa                        Venus

wan-sao                    Saturday              PURPLE OR BLACK        sii-muang/sii-dam       Saturn again?

 

 

Units of measure      

Wan                  day

ahtit                  week    

Sao-Atit             weekend    

deun                  month    

bee                   year    

 

Try the next in this series once you get your head around some of these.....Perth Farang