โสม
Thai
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- †โสรม (srǒom)
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˩˩˦/ | /soːm˩˩˦.ma˦˥./ | |
| Homophones | โสมย์ | ||
Noun
โสม • (sǒom)
- (botany) Jewels of Opar: the herbal plant Talinum paniculatum of the family Portulacaceae.
- (botany) sweetheart: the herbal plant Talinum fruticosum of the family Portulacaceae.
- (botany) any of the various plants of the genus Panax, the 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.
- (figuratively, elegant) alcoholic beverage; intoxicating beverage.
- (elegant) moon.
- (elegant) gold.
- a type of ghost which guards a treasure trove.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- โสมวาร
- โสมส่องแสง
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