ส
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Translingual
Letter
ส
- Sa, a letter of the Thai script.
Pali
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
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Letter
ส (s)
- The 38th letter and 30th consonant of the Thai Pali alphabet. In Pali it represents the voiceless, sibilant fricative consonant /s/.
See also
- ว (v) (previous letter of the Pali alphabet)
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
Adjective
ส
- (demonstrative) Thai script form of sa, which is masculine nominative singular of ต (ta, “that”)
Pronoun
ส
- (demonstrative) Thai script form of sa, which is masculine nominative singular of ต (ta, “he, it”)
Etymology 3
Noun
ส
Thai
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ส s | ||
| Phonemic | สอ s ɒ | สอ เสือ s ɒ e s ụ̄ ɒ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | sɔ̌ɔ | sɔ̌ɔ sʉ̌ʉa |
| Royal Institute | so | so suea | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /sɔː˩˩˦/(R) | /sɔː˩˩˦.sɯa̯˩˩˦/(R) | |
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Letter
ส • (sɔ̌ɔ)
- sɔ̌ɔ sʉ̌ʉa (ส เสือ), the 40th consonant letter of the Thai alphabet
Usage notes
- This letter belongs to the Thai high consonant class
- ศ (sɔ̌ɔ sǎa-laa) (a Thai letter with the same pronunciation of the same class)
- ษ (sɔ̌ɔ rʉʉ-sǐi) (a Thai letter with the same pronunciation of the same class)