Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit शिर (śira, head); possibly via Old Khmer śira, śir (head). Cognate with Modern Khmer សិរ (see).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicเศียร
e ɕ ī y r
Phonemic
เสียน
e s ī y n
RomanizationPaiboonsǐian
Royal Institutesian
(standard) IPA(key)/sia̯n˩˩˦/(R)

Noun edit

เศียร (sǐian)

  1. (anatomy, royal) (classifier องค์) (พระ~) head.
  2. (anatomy, elegant, poetic, literary) head.
  3. (card games) triplet: set of three cards.

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