ศีรษะ

Thai

Alternative forms

  • ศรีศระ, ศีศะ, ศีร์ษะ, ศีษะobsolete

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शीर्ष (śīrṣa, head). Cognate with Pali sīsa, whence Thai สีสะ (sǐi-sà).

Pronunciation

Orthographicศีรษะ
ɕ ī r ʂ a
Phonemic
สี-สะ
s ī – s a
RomanizationPaiboonsǐi-sà
Royal Institutesi-sa
(standard) IPA(key)/siː˩˩˦.saʔ˨˩/(R)

Noun

ศีรษะ • (sǐi-sà)

  1. (formal) head (the upper part of the body)
  2. (formal, obsolete) head (the upper or chief part of anything)

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