สัญญา

Thai

Etymology

From Pali sañña (“motion; perception; sign; etc”); perhaps via . Cognate with Khmer សន្យា (sɑnyaa), Lao ສັນຍາ (san nyā).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		สัญญา s ạ ɲ ɲ ā
Phonemic		สัน-ยา s ạ n – y ā
Romanization	Paiboon	sǎn-yaa
	Royal Institute	san-ya
(standard) IPA(key)		/san˩˩˦.jaː˧/(R)

Noun

สัญญา • (sǎn-yaa)

1. (archaic) sign: mark, symbol; emblem, token; signal, gesture.
2. (elegant) sense, consciousness, conscience; soundness, sanity.
3. (Buddhism) perception or recognition, being one of the five ขันธ์ (“aggregates”) that constitute a sentient being; the other four being รูป (rûup, “form”), เวทนา (wee-tá-naa, “sensation”), สังขาร (sǎng-kǎan, “impulse”), and วิญญาณ (win-yaan, “consciousness”).
4. promise; agreement.
5. (law) contract.

Verb

สัญญา • (sǎn-yaa) (abstract noun การสัญญา)

1. (archaic) to give, make, or express a sign, signal, or gesture.
2. to promise or agree; to give, make, or express a promise or agreement.
3. (law) to make or engage in a contract.