Thai edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicสาง
s ā ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonsǎang
Royal Institutesang
(standard) IPA(key)/saːŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1 edit

Uncertain. Compare Lao ສາງ (sāng, ghost, spirit), Ahom 𑜏𑜂𑜫 (saṅ, creator, Brahma, god), Tai Nüa ᥔᥣᥒᥴ (sáang, deity, god), Shan သၢင် (sǎang, creator, Brahma, god). Sathiankoset (1960) also compared it with Chinese (shèng, holy, sacred)[1]

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

สาง (sǎang)

  1. dead body; corpse; remains.
  2. ghost; spirit.
Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ เสฐียรโกเศศ [Sathiankoset]. (2503 [1960]). เมืองสวรรค์และผีสางเทวดา [Heaven and Deities]. พระนคร [Phra Nakhon]: แพร่พิทยา [Phrae Phitthaya], 351. Retrieved from [1]

Etymology 2 edit

Uncertain. Compare Old Khmer *rāṅ, rāṅ, rāṅṅ (to grow light, to dawn; to rise up; auroral, dim); Old Khmer slāṅ (colourless; pale; pallid); Modern Khmer ស្រាង (sraang, auroral; dim; early); Modern Khmer ស្លាំង (slang, colourless; pale), ស្រាំង (srang, colourless; pale).

Verb edit

สาง (sǎang) (abstract noun การสาง)

  1. (of a charge, accusation, problem, error, etc) to make clear; to clear up; to explain; to solve.
  2. (of hair) to make less messy by (or as if by) combing.
  3. (of a dawn, morning, etc) to break; to crack; to begin to grow light in the morning.

Noun edit

สาง (sǎang)

  1. (royal) (พระ~) comb.
  2. dawn; dawning; daybreak.
Derived terms edit
See also edit

Etymology 3 edit

Uncertain. Perhaps corruption of ช้าง (cháang).

Noun edit

สาง (sǎang)

  1. (somewhat archaic) elephant.
Synonyms edit
 
Etymology 4, definition 1: สาง at the Temple of the Reclining Buddha

Etymology 4 edit

Uncertain.

Noun edit

สาง (sǎang)

  1. (mythology) mythological creature, said to be like a tiger or lion.
  2. (mythology) supernatural tiger spirit
    Synonym: สมิง (sà-mǐng)