Thai edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Teochew 先生 (sing1 sên1).[1] Cognate with Khmer ស៊ិនសែ (sɨnsae).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicซินแส
z i n æ s
Phonemic
ซิน-แส
z i n – æ s
RomanizationPaiboonsin-sɛ̌ɛ
Royal Institutesin-sae
(standard) IPA(key)/sin˧.sɛː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun edit

ซินแส (sin-sɛ̌ɛ)

  1. doctor; physician.
  2. teacher; instructor.

References edit

  1. ^ Joanna Rose McFarland (2021), “Chapter 3: Language Contact and Lexical Changes in Khmer and Teochew in Cambodia and Beyond”, in Chia, Caroline; Hoogervorst, Tom, editors, Sinophone Southeast Asia: Sinitic Voices across the Southern Seas (Chinese Overseas: History, Literature, and Society; 20 [Open Access])‎[1], Brill, →ISBN, page 104