สาร

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Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographicสาร
s ā r
Phonemic
สาน
s ā n

สา-ระ-
s ā – r a –
RomanizationPaiboonsǎansǎa-rá-
Royal Institutesansa-ra-
(standard) IPA(key)/saːn˩˩˦/(R)/saː˩˩˦.ra˦˥./
Homophones
 
ศาณ
ศานต์
ศาล
สาน

Etymology 1

From Pali sāra (“cream; substance”) or Sanskrit सार (sāra, “extract; essence; soup”); probably via Old Khmer sār, sāra (“essence; substance”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩣ᩠ᩁ, Lao ສານ (sān), Shan သၢၼ် (sǎan), Lü ᦉᦱᧃ (ṡaan), Modern Khmer សារ (saa).

Noun

สาร • (sǎan)

  1. essence; matter; substance.
  2. information; news.
  3. document; instrument; letter; message.
  4. speech; statement.
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Etymology 2

Uncertain. Possibly from Sanskrit सार (sāra, “energy”), via Old Khmer sār, sāra (“force; strength”). Compare Modern Khmer សារ (saa, “large elephant with fully developed tusks; elephant whose tusks have reached their maximum size; war elephant”).

Noun

สาร • (sǎan)

  1. elephant, especially a large one.
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Etymology 3

Uncertain. Probably from Old Khmer sara (“fair; white”). Perhaps cognate with Modern Khmer ស (sɑɑ, “bright; silver-coloured; white”).

Alternatively, perhaps from Proto-Tai *saːl A ("husked rice").

Adjective

สาร • (sǎan)

  1. (of rice) husked; polished.
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