ซาก

Thai

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicซาก
z ā k
RomanizationPaiboonsâak
Royal Institutesak
(standard) IPA(key)/saːk̚˥˩/(R)

Etymology 1

Cognate with Isan ซาก, Lao ຊາກ (sāk), Northern Thai ᨪᩣ᩠ᨠ, Khün ᨪᩣ᩠ᨠ, ᦌᦱᧅ (saak), Shan သၢၵ်ႈ (sāak), Tai Nüa ᥔᥣᥐ (saak), Vietnamese xác.

Noun

ซาก • (sâak)

  1. (of an animal) carcass
  2. remains; residue; ruins; debris
Usage notes
  • The term for the dead body of a human being is ศพ (sòp).
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Apparently a euphonic rhyming element.

Verb

ซาก • (sâak) (abstract noun การซาก)

  1. used in ซ้ำซาก (sám-sâak, to be recurrent; repeatedly)
Derived terms

Further reading

  • ซาก” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.