เศร้า

Thai

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) เส้า (sâo)

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩮᩢ᩶ᩣ (“sad; dark; dusky”), Lao ເສົ້າ (sao), Shan သဝ်ႈ (sāo), Tai Nüa ᥔᥝᥲ (sàw, “dirty”), Phake ꩬွ် (saw, “gloomy (sky)”), Ahom 𑜏𑜧 (saw).

Pronunciation

Orthographicเศร้า
e ɕ r ˆ ā
Phonemic
เซ่า
e z ˋ ā
RomanizationPaiboonsâo
Royal Institutesao
(standard) IPA(key)/saw˥˩/(R)
Homophonesเส้า

Verb

เศร้า • (sâo) (abstract noun การเศร้า or ความเศร้า)

  1. to be sad; to be sorrowful.
  2. (archaic) to be dirty; to be dusky; to be gloomy.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Khmer: សៅ (saw, “impure; unclean; muddy”)
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