อสัญกรรม
Thai edit
Etymology edit
From อสัญ (“unconscious”) + กรรม (gam, “act; action; deed; etc”).
Pronunciation edit
| Orthographic | อสัญกรรม ɒ s ạ ɲ k r r m | |
| Phonemic | อะ-สัน-ยะ-กำ ɒ a – s ạ n – y a – k å | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | à-sǎn-yá-gam |
| Royal Institute | a-san-ya-kam | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /ʔa˨˩.san˩˩˦.ja˦˥.kam˧/(R) | |
Noun edit
Usage notes edit
- The verb form is ถึงแก่อสัญกรรม (tʉ̌ng-gɛ̀ɛ-à-sǎn-yá-gam)
- At present, the term is preserved for the following deceased:
- presidents or members of a privy council or a like entity
- incumbent republic presidents
- incumbent upper house presidents
- incumbent lower house presidents
- incumbent prime ministers
- incumbent ministers of state
- statespersons
- first-class members (knights grand cross or dames grand cross) of the Order of Chula Chom Klao