สนม

See also: สนิม

Thai

Pronunciation
Orthographicสนม
s n m
Phonemic
สะ-หฺนม
s a – h ̥ n m
RomanizationPaiboonsà-nǒm
Royal Institutesa-nom
(standard) IPA(key)/sa˨˩.nom˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1

From Old Khmer ស្នំ (snaṃ, “female palace attendant; royal concubine”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ស្នំ (snɑm) or ស្នម (snɑɑm).

Noun

สนม • (sà-nǒm)

  1. (archaic) female palace attendant.
  2. (พระ~) royal concubine.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Khmer ស្នុំ (snuṃ, “one who stacks combustibles into a pyre; one who shrouds a corpse prior to cremation”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ស្នុំ (snom).

Noun

สนม • (sà-nǒm)

  1. (archaic) officer responsible for funeral affairs in a palace, such as arranging funerals, shrouding corpses, taking care of pyres and coffins, etc.
  2. (archaic) palace area under the responsibility of these officers, often used to detain or imprison high-ranking members of the royal family or government.
Derived terms
  • ขุนสนม
  • เจ้าพนักงานสนมพลเรือน
  • ติดสนม
  • สนมพลเรือน

Etymology 3

Uncertain.

Adjective

สนม • (sà-nǒm)

  1. undefined, found only in compounds.
Derived terms
  • สนิทสนม
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