สุวาน

Thai

2: Hell overlord and his clerk, Chinese art, late 12th century CE

Alternative forms

ศวาน (sà-waan)

Etymology

From Pali suvāna (“dog”). Compare with Lao ສຸວານ (su wān).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		สุวาน s u w ā n
Phonemic		สุ-วาน s u – w ā n
Romanization	Paiboon	sù-waan
	Royal Institute	su-wan
(standard) IPA^(key)		/su˨˩.waːn˧/^(R)

Noun

สุวาน • (sù-waan)

(elegant) dog.
(Buddhism) clerk of the Naraka hell, bearing the duty to keep records about living beings, such as births and deaths, merits and sins, etc.

Synonyms

(dog) See หมา (mǎa).

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