Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedhusked; polishedwiktionary
essence; matter; substancewiktionary
information; newswiktionary
document; instrument; letter; messagewiktionary
speech; statementwiktionary
elephant, especially a large onewiktionary
used in โดยสาร (dooi-sǎan, “to travel by vehicle”)wiktionary
power, strengthwiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesบางครั้งก็ถามไถ่สารทุกข์สุกดิบกัน
Sometimes they ask after each other's lives,
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Built from
Borrowed from Pali sāra (“cream; substance”) or Sanskrit सार (sāra, “extract; essence; soup”); probably via Old Khmer sār, sāra (“essence; substance”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩣ᩠ᩁ, Lao ສານ (sān), Shan သၢၼ် (sǎan), Lü ᦉᦱᧃ (ṡaan), Modern Khmer សារ (saa). Uncertain. Possibly from Sanskrit सार (sāra, “energy”), via Old Khmer sār, sāra (“force; strength”). Compare Modern Khmer សារ (saa, “large elephant with fully developed tusks; elephant whose tusks have reached their maximum size; war elephant”). From Proto-Tai *saːlᴬ (“husked rice”). Probably from Old Khmer sara (“fair; white”); perhaps cognate with Modern Khmer ស (sɑɑ, “bright; silver-coloured; white”). Cognate with Zhuang san (“rice; grain”).