ส.ค.ส.

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Thai

New Year card from Switzerland, 1894
New Year card from Serbia, 1894

Etymology

Initialism of ส่งความสุข (literally send happiness), from ส่ง (sòng, to send) +‎ ความสุข (kwaam-sùk, happiness), first used in 1866 during the reign of King Mongkut.[1]

Pronunciation

Orthographicส.ค.ส.
s g s
Phonemic
สอ-คอ-สอ
s ɒ – g ɒ – s ɒ
RomanizationPaiboonsɔ̌ɔ-kɔɔ-sɔ̌ɔ
Royal Instituteso-kho-so
(standard) IPA(key)/sɔː˩˩˦.kʰɔː˧.sɔː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

ส.ค.ส. (sɔ̌ɔ-kɔɔ-sɔ̌ɔ) (classifier ใบ)

  1. New Year card.

References

  1. ^ กรมศิลปากร (2020) “ประวัติของ ส.ค.ส”, in finearts.go.th (in Thai)