สัญญา

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

สัญญา f

  1. Thai script form of saññā (“awareness”)

Declension

Thai

FWOTD – 22 April 2022

Etymology

From Pali saññā (“motion; perception; sign; etc”); perhaps via Old Khmer saṃñā (“mark, sign; recognition; agreement, consent”).

Cognate with Khmer សន្យា (sɑnyaa), Lao ສັນຍາ (san nyā), Northern Thai ᩈᨬ᩠ᨬᩣ.

Pronunciation

Orthographicสัญญา
s ạ ɲ ɲ ā
Phonemic
สัน-ยา
s ạ n – y ā
RomanizationPaiboonsǎn-yaa
Royal Institutesan-ya
(standard) IPA(key)/san˩˩˦.jaː˧/(R)

Noun

สัญญา • (sǎn-yaa)

  1. (archaic) sign: mark, symbol; emblem, token; signal, gesture.
  2. (elegant) sense, consciousness, conscience; soundness, sanity.
  3. (Buddhism) perception or recognition, being one of the five ขันธ์ (“aggregates”) that constitute a sentient being; the other four being รูป (rûup, “form”), เวทนา (wee-tá-naa, “sensation”), สังขาร (sǎng-kǎan, “impulse”), and วิญญาณ (win-yaan, “consciousness”).
  4. promise; agreement.
  5. (law) contract.

Derived terms

Verb

สัญญา • (sǎn-yaa) (abstract noun การสัญญา)

  1. (archaic) to give, make, or express a sign, signal, or gesture.
  2. to promise or agree; to give, make, or express a promise or agreement.
  3. (law) to make or engage in a contract.
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