สาง

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicสาง
s ā ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonsǎang
Royal Institutesang
(standard) IPA(key)/saːŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Compare Lao ສາງ (sāng, ghost, spirit), Ahom 𑜏𑜂𑜫 (saṅ, creator, Brahma, god), Tai Nüa ᥔᥣᥒᥴ (sáang, deity, god), Shan သၢင် (sǎang, creator, Brahma, god). Sathiankoset (1960) also compared it with Chinese  / (shèng, holy, sacred)[1]

Alternative forms

  • สัง (sǎng)

Noun

สาง • (sǎang)

  1. dead body; corpse; remains.
  2. ghost; spirit.
Derived terms
  • ผีสาง
  • ผีสางนางไม้
  • สางเขียว

References

  1. ^ เสฐียรโกเศศ [Sathiankoset]. (2503 [1960]). เมืองสวรรค์และผีสางเทวดา [Heaven and Deities]. พระนคร [Phra Nakhon]: แพร่พิทยา [Phrae Phitthaya], 351. Retrieved from [1]

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Compare Old Khmer *rāṅ, rāṅ, rāṅṅ (to grow light, to dawn; to rise up; auroral, dim); Old Khmer slāṅ (colourless; pale; pallid); Modern Khmer ស្រាង (sraang, auroral; dim; early); Modern Khmer ស្លាំង (slang, colourless; pale), ស្រាំង (srang, colourless; pale).

Verb

สาง • (sǎang) (abstract noun การสาง)

  1. (of a charge, accusation, problem, error, etc) to make clear; to clear up; to explain; to solve.
  2. (of hair) to make less messy by (or as if by) combing.
  3. (of a dawn, morning, etc) to break; to crack; to begin to grow light in the morning.

Noun

สาง • (sǎang)

  1. (royal) (พระ~) comb.
  2. dawn; dawning; daybreak.
Derived terms
  • รุ่งสาง
  • สะสาง
See also
times of day: ช่วงเวลาของวัน (chûuang wee-laa kɔ̌ɔng wan)edit

Etymology 3

Uncertain. Perhaps corruption of ช้าง (cháang).

Noun

สาง • (sǎang)

  1. (somewhat archaic) elephant.
Synonyms

Etymology 4

Uncertain.

Noun

สาง • (sǎang)

  1. (mythology) mythological creature, said to be like a tiger or lion.
  2. (mythology) supernatural tiger spirit
    Synonym: สมิง (sà-mǐng)