โสม

Thai

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• ^†โสรม (srǒom)

 

Etymology

From Sanskrit सोम (soma, “soma plant; a kind of boiled vine from Vedic India, made from the plant soma, drunk as medicine and offered to gods; also associated with the moon after the Vedic period”). Cognate with Old Khmer soma°; Modern Khmer សោម (saom).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		โสม o s m
Phonemic		โสม o s m	[bound form] โสม-มะ- o s m – m a –
Romanization	Paiboon	sǒom	sǒom-má-
	Royal Institute	som	som-ma-
(standard) IPA(key)		/soːm˩˩˦/(R)	/soːm˩˩˦.ma˦˥./
Homophones edit		โสมย์

Noun

โสม • (sǒom)

1. (botany) Jewels of Opar, flameflower (Talinum paniculatum, family Portulacaceae)
2. (botany) sweetheart (Talinum fruticosum, family Portulacaceae).
3. (botany) any of the various plants of the genus Panax (family Araliaceae).
4. (Hinduism) a kind of beverage made from the juice of an ivy plant mixed with clarified butter, traditionally offered to Indra and other gods.
5. (figurative, elegant) alcoholic beverage; intoxicating beverage.
6. (elegant) moon.
7. (elegant) gold.
8. a type of ghost which guards a treasure trove.

Derived terms

• โสมวาร (sǒom-má-waan)
• โสมส่องแสง