สาร

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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”).

From Wiktionary