โสม
Thai
Alternative forms
- โสรม (srǒom) — archaic, obsolete or dated
Etymology
From Sanskrit सोम (soma, “soma plant; a kind of boiled vine from Vedic India, made from the plant soma, drunk as medicine and offered to gods; also associated with the moon after the Vedic period”). Cognate with Old Khmer soma°; Modern Khmer សោម (saom).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | โสม o s m | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Phonemic | โสม o s m | [bound form] โสม-มะ- o s m – m a – | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | sǒom | sǒom-má- |
| Royal Institute | som | som-ma- | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /soːm˩˩˦/(R) | /soːm˩˩˦.ma˦˥./ | |
| Homophones | โสมย์ | ||
Noun
โสม • (sǒom)
- (botany) Jewels of Opar, flameflower (Talinum paniculatum, family Portulacaceae)
- (botany) sweetheart (Talinum fruticosum, family Portulacaceae).
- (botany) any of the various plants of the genus Panax (family Araliaceae).
- (Hinduism) a kind of beverage made from the juice of an ivy plant mixed with clarified butter, traditionally offered to Indra and other gods.
- (figurative, elegant) alcoholic beverage; intoxicating beverage.
- (elegant) moon.
- (elegant) gold.
- a type of ghost which guards a treasure trove.