ส

See also: ล, สู้, สู, สี่, สี, ส., and ລ

ส U+0E2A, ส THAI CHARACTER SO SUA ← ษ [U+0E29] Thai ห → [U+0E2B]

Translingual

Letter

ส

1. Sa, a letter of the Thai script.

Pali

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• s or S (Latin script)
• 𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• स (Devanagari script)
• স (Bengali script)
• ස (Sinhalese script)
• သ (Burmese script)
• ᩈ (Tai Tham script)
• ສ (Lao script)
• ស (Khmer script)
• 𑄥 (Chakma script)

Letter

ส (s)

1. The 38th letter and 30th consonant of the Thai Pali alphabet. In Pali it represents the voiceless, sibilant fricative consonant /s/.

See also

• ว (v) (previous letter of the Pali alphabet)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• sa (Latin script)
• 𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• स (Devanagari script)
• স (Bengali script)
• ස (Sinhalese script)
• သ (Burmese script)
• สะ (Thai script)
• ᩈ (Tai Tham script)
• ສ or ສະ (Lao script)
• ស (Khmer script)
• 𑄥 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• so (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• सो (Devanagari script)
• সো (Bengali script)
• සො (Sinhalese script)
• သော or သေႃ (Burmese script)
• โส (Thai script)
• ᩈᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂສ (Lao script)
• សោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄮 (Chakma script)

Adjective

ส

1. (demonstrative) Thai script form of sa, which is masculine nominative singular of ต (ta, “that”)

Pronoun

ส

1. (demonstrative) Thai script form of sa, which is masculine nominative singular of ต (ta, “he, it”)

Etymology 3

Noun

ส

1. Thai script form of sa, which is vocative singular of สนฺ (san, “dog”)

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ส s
Phonemic		สอ s ɒ	สอ เสือ s ɒ    e s ụ̄ ɒ
Romanization	Paiboon	sɔ̌ɔ	sɔ̌ɔ sʉ̌ʉa
	Royal Institute	so	so suea
(standard) IPA(key)		/sɔː˩˩˦/(R)	/sɔː˩˩˦.sɯa̯˩˩˦/(R)
Homophones edit		ศ ศ. ศอ ษ ส. สอ

Letter

ส • (sɔ̌ɔ)

1. sɔ̌ɔ sʉ̌ʉa (ส เสือ), the 40th consonant letter of the Thai alphabet

Usage notes

• This letter belongs to the Thai high consonant class
• ศ (sɔ̌ɔ sǎa-laa) (a Thai letter with the same pronunciation of the same class)
• ษ (sɔ̌ɔ rʉʉ-sǐi) (a Thai letter with the same pronunciation of the same class)