สาร
Thai
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | สาร s ā r | ||
| Phonemic | สาน s ā n | [bound form] สา-ระ- s ā – r a – | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | sǎan | sǎa-rá- |
| Royal Institute | san | sa-ra- | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /saːn˩˩˦/(R) | /saː˩˩˦.ra˦˥./ | |
| Homophones | |||
Etymology 1
From Pali sāra (“cream; substance”) or Sanskrit सार (sāra, “extract; essence; soup”); probably via Lua error in Module:parameters at line 370: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "mkh-okm" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 370: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "mkh-okm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.. Cognate with Modern Khmer សារ (saa).
Noun
สาร • (sǎan)
- essence; matter; substance.
- information; news.
- document; instrument; letter; message.
- speech; statement.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Sanskrit सार (sāra, “energy”), via Lua error in Module:parameters at line 370: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "mkh-okm" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 370: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "mkh-okm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.. Compare Modern Khmer សារ (saa, “large elephant with fully developed tusks; elephant whose tusks have reached their maximum size; war elephant”).
Noun
สาร • (sǎan)
- elephant, especially a large one.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Of uncertain origin. Probably from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 370: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "mkh-okm" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF.. Perhaps cognate with Modern Khmer ស (sɑɑ, “bright; silver-coloured; white”).
Alternatively, perhaps from Proto-Tai *saːl A ("husked rice").
Adjective
สาร • (sǎan)