สวามี

Thai

Alternative forms

  • สวามิ, สวามิน

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वामिन् (svāmín), probably via Old Khmer svāmī (“lord, master, mistress; proprietor; husband, spouse, wife, consort”). Compare Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer svāmi; Angkorian Old Khmer svāmi, svāmiy; Modern Khmer ស្វាមី (svaaməy). Doublet of สามี (sǎa-mii) and สมี (sà-mǐi).

Pronunciation

Orthographicสวามี
s w ā m ī
Phonemic
สะ-หฺวา-มี
s a – h ̥ w ā – m ī
RomanizationPaiboonsà-wǎa-mii
Royal Institutesa-wa-mi
(standard) IPA(key)/sa˨˩.waː˩˩˦.miː˧/(R)

Noun

สวามี • (sà-wǎa-mii)

  1. (royal, พระ~) synonym of สามี (sǎa-mii)
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