Thai

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit शास्त्र (śāstra, science), from the root verb शास् (śās, to order; to command; to direct), whence also ศาสนา (sàat-sà-nǎa, religion).

Doublet of ศาสตร (art; science; scripture), from which ศาสตราจารย์ (sàat-dtraa-jaan, professor) is derived.

Cognate with Khmer សាស្ត្រ (saah), Lao ສາດ (sāt), Pali sattha.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicศาสตร์
ɕ ā s t r ʻ
Phonemic
สาด
s ā ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonsàat
Royal Institutesat
(standard) IPA(key)/saːt̚˨˩/(R)
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Noun

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ศาสตร์ (sàat)

  1. (chiefly in compounds) science; field or branch of knowledge; -ology.

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