pythainlp.ancient

Modules

pythainlp.ancient.aksonhan_to_current(word: str) → str

Convert an AksonHan word to the current Thai word.

AksonHan (อักษรหัน) writes two consonants to spell the short /a/ vowel (สระ อะ).

Today, รร is an AksonHan pattern still used in Thai.

Parameters:

word (str) – Thai word in AksonHan spelling

Returns:

word in current Thai spelling

Return type:

str

Example:

>>> from pythainlp.ancient import aksonhan_to_current
>>> print(aksonhan_to_current("จกก"))
จัก
>>> print(aksonhan_to_current("บงงคบบ"))
บังคับ
>>> print(aksonhan_to_current("สรรเพชญ"))  # รร is still used.
สรรเพชญ

pythainlp.ancient.convert_currency(value: float, from_unit: str) → dict[str, float]

Convert a value in an ancient Thai currency unit to other units.

Supported units:

• เบี้ย (Bia)

• อัฐ (At)

• ไพ (Pi)

• เฟื้อง (Feuang)

• สลึง (Saleung)

• บาท (Bath)

• ตำลึง (Tamleung)

• ชั่ง (Chang)

See more: Thai money.

Parameters:

• value (float) – value in the unit given by from_unit

• from_unit (str) – currency unit, one of ‘เบี้ย’, ‘อัฐ’, ‘ไพ’, ‘เฟื้อง’, ‘สลึง’, ‘บาท’, ‘ตำลึง’, ‘ชั่ง’

Returns:

value in each unit, keyed by unit name

Return type:

dict[str, float]

Raises:

NotImplementedError – if from_unit is not supported

Example:

>>> from pythainlp.ancient import convert_currency
>>> print(convert_currency(8, "บาท"))
{'เบี้ย': 51200.0, 'อัฐ': 512.0, 'ไพ': 256.0, 'เฟื้อง': 64.0, 'สลึง': 32.0, 'บาท': 8.0, 'ตำลึง': 2.0, 'ชั่ง': 0.1}