Isan

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Southwestern Tai *sɤkᴰ (enemy),[1] from Old Chinese (OC *zɯːɡ, “thief; bandit”).[1] Cognate with Thai ศึก (sʉ̀k), Northern Thai ᩈᩮᩥᩢ᩠ᨠ, Lao ເສິກ (sœk), ᦵᦉᦲᧅ (ṡoek), Shan သိုၵ်း (súek), Ahom 𑜏𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫 (sük).

Noun

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เสิก (transliteration needed)

  1. armed conflict; war; battle; fight.

Etymology 2

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From Old Khmer *សិក (*sik, to retire from holy orders). Cognate with Khmer សឹក (sək), Thai สึก (sʉ̀k), ᦉᦹᧅ (ṡuek).

Verb

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เสิก (transliteration needed) (abstract noun การเสิก)

  1. to leave priesthood; to give up priesthood.

References

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  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.

Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographicเสิก
e s i k
Phonemic
{Unorthographical; Short}
เสิ็ก
e s i ˘ k
RomanizationPaiboonsə̀k
Royal Institutesoek
(standard) IPA(key)/sɤk̚˨˩/(R)

Noun

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เสิก (sə̀k)

  1. Obsolete form of ศึก (sʉ̀k).