สัตว์

Thai

Alternative forms

animal
  • สัตว
interjection

Etymology

From Sanskrit सत्त्व (sattva, animal; living being, creature; demon, ghost, spirit; life; energy; etc); probably via Old Khmer សត្វ (satva, idem). Cognate with Modern Khmer សត្វ (sat), សត្ត (sɑttɑɑ); Lao ສັດ (sat); Northern Thai ᩈᩢᨲ᩠ᩅ᩺; ᦶᦉᧆ (ṡaed); Shan သတ်ႉတဝႃႇ (sâ̰t tǎ wàa); Burmese သတ္တဝါ (satta.wa).

Pronunciation

Orthographicสัตว์
stwʻ
Phonemic
สัด
sɗ
RomanizationPaiboonsàt
Royal Institutesat
(standard) IPA(key)/sat̚˨˩/(R)
Homophones
 
ษัฏ
ษัฑ
ษัษ
สัจ
สัด
สัต
สัตย์

Noun

สัตว์ (sàt)

  1. animal.
    1. member of the kingdom Animalia.
    2. living being other than human.
    3. (figurative) brutish or beastlike person; inhuman person.
    4. (slang, derogatory, offensive) (อี~, ไอ้~) despicable person; disagreeable person; contemptible person.
    5. a particular type of person or thing.
  2. being; creature; living thing.

Derived terms

Derived terms

Adverb

สัตว์ (sàt)

  1. (slang, vulgar, offensive) extremely; very.

Interjection

สัตว์ (sàt)

  1. (slang, vulgar, offensive) (อี~, ไอ้~) an exclamation of anger, contempt, disapproval, discontent, disgust, dismay, rejection, or surprise.
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