สำเร็จ

Thai

Alternative forms

  • สำเรจ์archaic, obsolete or dated

Etymology

From Samāhita (समाहित) Finished; Accomplished, etc. (or Pali samāhita: settled; composed; collected of mind.) Perhaps through Old Khmer saṃreca (to come to an end; to bring to an end; etc), an extended form of sreca (ended, done; ready, prepared; etc), from which Thai เสร็จ (sèt) was derived. Cognate with Modern Khmer សំរេច (sɑmrɨc).

Pronunciation

Orthographicสำเร็จ
s å e r ˘ t͡ɕ
Phonemic
สำ-เหฺร็ด
s å – e h ̥ r ˘ ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonsǎm-rèt
Royal Institutesam-ret
(standard) IPA(key)/sam˩˩˦.ret̚˨˩/(R)

Verb

สำเร็จ • (sǎm-rèt) (abstract noun การสำเร็จ)

  1. to succeed or be successful (in doing something)
  2. to attain; to achieve
  3. to consummate; to fulfill

Adverb

สำเร็จ • (sǎm-rèt) (abstract noun ความสำเร็จ)

  1. successfully

Adjective

สำเร็จ • (sǎm-rèt) (abstract noun ความสำเร็จ)

  1. (of products) done or prepared already or in advance; ready-made; off-the-peg

Derived terms

Further reading

  • สำเร็จ” 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.