โสม

Thai

Alternative forms

Alternative forms
  • โสรม (srǒom)

Etymology

From Sanskrit सोम (soma, soma plant; a kind of boiled vine from Vedic India, made from the plant soma, drunk as medicine and offered to gods; also associated with the moon after the Vedic period). Cognate with Old Khmer soma°; Modern Khmer សោម (saom).

Pronunciation

Orthographicโสม
osm
Phonemic
โสม
osm
[bound form]
โสม-มะ-
osmma
RomanizationPaiboonsǒomsǒom-má-
Royal Institutesomsom-ma-
(standard) IPA(key)/soːm˩˩˦/(R)/soːm˩˩˦.ma˦˥./
Homophonesโสมย์

Noun

โสม (sǒom)

  1. (botany) Jewels of Opar, flameflower (Talinum paniculatum, family Portulacaceae)
  2. (botany) sweetheart (Talinum fruticosum, family Portulacaceae).
  3. (botany) any of the various plants of the genus Panax (family Araliaceae).
  4. (Hinduism) a kind of beverage made from the juice of an ivy plant mixed with clarified butter, traditionally offered to Indra and other gods.
  5. (figurative, elegant) alcoholic beverage; intoxicating beverage.
  6. (elegant) moon.
  7. (elegant) gold.
  8. a type of ghost which guards a treasure trove.

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