ศาสนา

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शासन (śāsana, command). Cognate with Lao ສາດສະໜາ (sāt sa nā), Khmer សាសនា (saasnaa), Shan သႃႇသၼႃႇ (sàa sǎ nàa).

Pronunciation

Orthographicศาสนา
ɕ ā s n ā
Phonemic
สาด-สะ-หฺนา
s ā ɗ – s a – h ̥ n ā
RomanizationPaiboonsàat-sà-nǎa
Royal Institutesat-sa-na
(standard) IPA(key)/saːt̚˨˩.sa˨˩.naː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

ศาสนา • (sàat-sà-nǎa) (classifier ศาสนา)

  1. religion.

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • ศาสนา” 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.