สำหรับ

Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Khmer saṃrāp, saṃrap, samrāp (for; in order to), extended forms of *srāp, *srap (to be ready, to be prepared; to be apt, to be fit, etc), which, in turn, are extended forms of rap, *rāp (to enumerate, to calculate; to order, to arrange; etc).

Cognate with Modern Khmer សំរាប់ (sɑmrap), Lao ສຳລັບ (sam lap).

Pronunciation

Orthographicสำหรับ
s å h r ạ ɓ
Phonemic
สำ-หฺรับ
s å – h ̥ r ạ ɓ
RomanizationPaiboonsǎm-ràp
Royal Institutesam-rap
(standard) IPA(key)/sam˩˩˦.rap̚˨˩/(R)

Preposition

สำหรับ • (sǎm-ràp)

  1. for
  2. intended for; meant for

Further reading

  • สำหรับ” 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.