น้ำสังข์

Thai

Etymology

From น้ำ (náam, “water”) +‎ สังข์ (sǎng, “conch”); literally "conch water".

Pronunciation

Orthographicน้ำสังข์
n ˆ å s ạ ŋ kʰ ʻ
Phonemic
น้าม-สัง
n ˆ ā m – s ạ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonnáam-sǎng
Royal Institutenam-sang
(standard) IPA(key)/naːm˦˥.saŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

น้ำสังข์ • (náam-sǎng)

  1. consecrated water contained in a conch, traditionally poured on someone or something for auspicious purposes, as on the hands of a bride and her groom during their wedding ceremony or on the head of a child during a tonsure ceremony.
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