ศพ

Thai

Alternative forms

  • ศวะ (swà)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शव (śáva, corpse). Cognate with Khmer សព (sɑp). Compare Pali chava, from which Thai ฉวะ (chwà) is derived.

Pronunciation

Orthographicศพ
ɕ b
Phonemic
สบ
s ɓ
RomanizationPaiboonsòp
Royal Institutesop
(standard) IPA(key)/sop̚˨˩/(R)
Homophonesสบ

Noun

ศพ • (sòp) (classifier ศพ)

  1. (of a human being) dead body: corpse, remains, cadaver, etc.

Usage notes

  • The term for the dead body of an animal is ซาก (sâak).

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ศพ” 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.