Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Old Khmer ស្អាត (sʼāta, to be well-tended, well-groomed, neat, tidy, spruce, clean, etc), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cʔaʔ ~ *cʔah ~ *cʔaas. Cognate with Khmer ស្អាត (sʼaat), Lao ສະອາດ (sa ʼāt).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicสะอาด
s a ɒ ā ɗ
Phonemic
สะ-อาด
s a – ɒ ā ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonsà-àat
Royal Institutesa-at
(standard) IPA(key)/sa˨˩.ʔaːt̚˨˩/(R)

Adjective edit

สะอาด (sà-àat) (abstract noun ความสะอาด)

  1. clean (physically or morally).

Antonyms edit