สัตว์

Thai

Alternative forms

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.
      สัตว์การเมือง
      sàt gaan-mʉʉang
      political animal
  2. being; creature; living thing.
    สัตว์โลก
    sàt lôok
    world creature(s); worldly being(s)
    โพธิสัตว์
    poo-tí sàt
    bodhisattva
    (literally) enlightened being

Synonyms

living thing

Derived terms

Adverb

สัตว์ • (sàt)

  1. (slang, vulgar, offensive) extremely; very.
    น่ารักสัตว์
    nâa-rák sàt
    Fucking cute!
    ฮาสัตว์
    haa sàt
    Hella hilarious!
    ร้อนสัตว์
    rɔ́ɔn sàt
    Hot as hell! (describing the weather)

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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