Thai

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Etymology

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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 (ʼaʼsaʼnii).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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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