สามี

See also: สาม

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• sāmī (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑀸𑀫𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• सामी (Devanagari script)
• সামী (Bengali script)
• සාමී (Sinhalese script)
• သာမီ or သာမဳ or သႃမီ (Burmese script)
• ᩈᩣᨾᩦ (Tai Tham script)
• ສາມີ (Lao script)
• សាមី (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄂𑄟𑄩 (Chakma script)

Noun

สามี

1. Thai script form of sāmī, which is inflection of สามินฺ:
   1. nominative singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative plural (sāmin, “master”)
2. Thai script form of sāmī, which is inflection of สามิน:
   1. nominative singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative plural (sāmin, “master”)

Thai

Alternative forms

• สวามี (sà-wǎa-mii)

Etymology

From Pali sāmī (“husband; lord; owner; master; a courtesy title for a man: mister, signor, etc”).

Perhaps cognate with Thai สมี (sà-mǐi).

Compare Lao ສາມີ (sā mī).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		สามี s ā m ī
Phonemic		สา-มี s ā – m ī
Romanization	Paiboon	sǎa-mii
	Royal Institute	sa-mi
(standard) IPA(key)		/saː˩˩˦.miː˧/(R)

Noun

สามี • (sǎa-mii)

1. (formal) husband: married man.
2. (elegant) chief; lord; master.
3. (elegant) high priest; chief priest; senior priest.
4. (elegant) owner; possessor.

Synonyms

husband

• บดี (bɔɔ-dii)
• ปติ
• ผัว (pǔua)
• ภรรดร
• ภรรดา
• ภรัสดาษ
• ภัสดา

Derived terms

• สามีภรรยา

Related terms

• คู่สมรส (kûu-sǒm-rót, “spouse”)
• ภริยา (pá-rí-yaa, “wife”)

Further reading

• “สามี” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Anagrams

• สีมา (sǐi-maa)