ประสงค์

Thai

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रसङ्ग (prasaṅga, attachment, devotion; union, association; occupation, intentness; occasion, incident; etc.). Cognate with Pali pasaṅga, Lao ປະສົງ (pa song).

Pronunciation

Orthographicประสงค์
p r a s ŋ g ʻ
Phonemic
ปฺระ-สง
p ̥ r a – s ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonbprà-sǒng
Royal Institutepra-song
(standard) IPA(key)/pra˨˩.soŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Verb

ประสงค์ • (bprà-sǒng) (abstract noun การประสงค์)

  1. to wish; to desire; to want

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ประสงค์” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.