สาง
Thai
    
    Pronunciation
    
| Orthographic/Phonemic | สาง s ā ŋ  | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | sǎang | 
| Royal Institute | sang | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /saːŋ˩˩˦/(R) | |
Etymology 1
    
Uncertain. Compare Lao ສາງ (sāng, “ghost, spirit”), Ahom 𑜏𑜂𑜫 (saṅ, “creator, Brahma, god”), Tai Nüa ᥔᥣᥒᥴ (sáang, “deity, god”), Shan သၢင် (sǎang, “creator, Brahma, god”). Sathiankoset (1960) also compared it with Chinese 聖/圣 (shèng, “holy, sacred”)[1]
Alternative forms
    
- สัง (sǎng)
 
Derived terms
    
- ผีสาง
 - ผีสางนางไม้
 - สางเขียว
 
References
    
Etymology 2
    
Uncertain. Compare Old Khmer *rāṅ, rāṅ, rāṅṅ (“to grow light, to dawn; to rise up; auroral, dim”); Old Khmer slāṅ (“colourless; pale; pallid”); Modern Khmer ស្រាង (sraang, “auroral; dim; early”); Modern Khmer ស្លាំង (slang, “colourless; pale”), ស្រាំង (srang, “colourless; pale”).
Verb
    
สาง • (sǎang) (abstract noun การสาง)
Derived terms
    
- รุ่งสาง
 - สะสาง
 
See also
    
Etymology 3
    
Uncertain. Perhaps corruption of ช้าง (cháang).
Synonyms
    
- (elephant) See ช้าง (cháang).
 

Etymology 4, definition 1: สาง at the Temple of the Reclining Buddha
Etymology 4
    
Uncertain.
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