อสนี

Thai

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • อสุนี
  • อัสนี

Etymology

From Pali asani (“thunderbolt”), ultimately from Sanskrit अशनी (aśanī). Compare Old Khmer ʼasuni, ʼaśūni, from which Thai อสุนี is possibly derived. Cognate with Modern Khmer អសនី (ʾɑhnii).

Pronunciation
Orthographicอสนี
ɒ s n ī
Phonemicอะ-สะ-นี
ɒ a – s a – n ī
RomanizationPaiboonà-sà-nii
Royal Institutea-sa-ni
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔa˨˩.sa˨˩.niː˧/

Noun

อสนี • (à-sà-nii)

  1. (elegant) lightning bolt; thunderbolt.
  2. (elegant, Hindu mythology) vajra, a weapon of the god Indra, symbolising thunderbolt.
  3. (elegant, mythology) similar weapon, as that of Zeus in the Greek mythology.

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