สิน

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicสิน
s i n
RomanizationPaiboonsǐn
Royal Institutesin
(standard) IPA(key)/sin˩˩˦/(R)
Homophones

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Chinese (MC dzjen, “money”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩥ᩠ᨶ, Lao ສິນ (sin), ᦉᦲᧃ (ṡiin), Shan သိၼ် (sǐn).

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) สีน (sǐin)

Noun

สิน • (sǐn)

  1. money; wealth; property; goods
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩥ᩠ᨶ, Lao ສີນ (sīn), ᦉᦲᧃ (ṡiin), Khün ᩈᩥ᩠ᨶ, Shan သိၼ် (sǐn), Tai Nüa ᥔᥤᥢᥴ (sín).

Verb

สิน • (sǐn) (abstract noun การสิน)

  1. (dated) to cut; to sever
Derived terms

Further reading

  • สิน” 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.