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.

Derived terms

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