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Etymology edit

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *sɤkᴰ (enemy; war),[1] from Old Chinese (OC *zɯːɡ, “thief; bandit”).[1] Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩮᩥᩢ᩠ᨠ, Isan เสิก, Lao ເສິກ (sœk), ᦵᦉᦲᧅ (ṡoek), Shan သိုၵ်း (súek), Ahom 𑜏𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫 (sük). Compare Old Khmer សើក (sœka, army; armed conflict), Khmer សឹក (sək). The spelling of the word was contaminated by ศึกษา (sʉ̀k-sǎa) which is a loanword from Sanskrit.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicศึก
ɕ ụ k
Phonemic
สึก
s ụ k
RomanizationPaiboonsʉ̀k
Royal Institutesuek
(standard) IPA(key)/sɯk̚˨˩/(R)
Homophonesสึก

Noun edit

ศึก (sʉ̀k)

  1. armed conflict; war; battle; fight.
  2. (archaic) armed force; army; troop.

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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, pages 47–68.