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Thai
Etymology
From Pali asani (“thunderbolt”), ultimately from Sanskrit अशनी (aśanī). Compare Old Khmer ʼasuni, ʼaśūni, from which Thai อสุนี is possibly derived. Cognate with Modern Khmer អសនី (ʼaʼsaʼnii).
Pronunciation
Noun
อสนี • (à-sà-nii)
- (elegant) lightning bolt; thunderbolt.
- (elegant, Hindu mythology) vajra, a weapon of the god Indra, symbolising thunderbolt.
- (elegant, mythology) similar weapon, as that of Zeus in the Greek mythology.
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