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สามารถ

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Thai

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit समर्थ (samartha, “strong; able; powerful; sufficient; etc”), possibly via Old Khmer សមថ៌ (samartha, “ability, competence, potential; etc”).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicสามารถ
s ā m ā r tʰ
Phonemic
สา-มาด
s ā – m ā ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonsǎa-mâat
Royal Institutesa-mat
(standard) IPA(key)/saː˩˩˦.maːt̚˥˩/(R)

Verb

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สามารถ • (sǎa-mâat) (abstract noun การสามารถ or ความสามารถ)

  1. (auxiliary) can; may; to be able (to) or suitable (for)
    มีใครสามารถพูดภาษาฮินดีได้บ้าง?
    mii krai sǎa-mâat pûut paa-sǎa hin-dii dâai bâng?
    Can anyone speak Hindi?

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “สามารถ” 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.