สนม

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Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographicสนม
s n m
Phonemic
สะ-หฺนม
s a – h ̥ n m
RomanizationPaiboonsà-nǒm
Royal Institutesa-nom
(standard) IPA(key)/sa˨˩.nom˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1

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From Old Khmer ស្នំ (snaṃ, female palace attendant; royal concubine). Cognate with Modern Khmer ស្នំ (snɑm) or ស្នម (snɑɑm).

Noun

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สนม (sà-nǒm)

  1. (archaic) female palace attendant.
  2. (พระ~) royal concubine.
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Etymology 2

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From Old Khmer ស្នុំ (snuṃ, one who stacks combustibles into a pyre; one who shrouds a corpse prior to cremation). Cognate with Modern Khmer ស្នុំ (snom).

Noun

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สนม (sà-nǒm)

  1. (archaic) officer responsible for funeral affairs in a palace, such as arranging funerals, shrouding corpses, taking care of pyres and coffins, etc.
  2. (archaic) palace area under the responsibility of these officers, often used to detain or imprison high-ranking members of the royal family or government.
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Etymology 3

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Uncertain.

Adjective

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สนม (sà-nǒm)

  1. undefined, found only in compounds.
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