ศัลยกรรม

Thai

Etymology

From ศัลย (sǎn-lá-yá-, surgical, literally arrow; knife; spear; etc) + กรรม (gam, act; activity; action; deed; etc); ultimately from Sanskrit शल्यकर्म (śalyakarma, operation, literally act of knife), from शल्य (śalya, arrow; knife; spear; etc) + कर्म (karma, act; activity; action; deed; etc). Compare Khmer សល្យកម្ម (sɑɑlyɔɔkmmɔɔ).

Pronunciation

Orthographicศัลยกรรม
ɕlykrrm
Phonemicสัน-ยะ-กำ
snyakå
สัน-ละ-ยะ-กำ
snlayakå
RomanizationPaiboonsǎn-yá-gamsǎn-lá-yá-gam
Royal Institutesan-ya-kamsan-la-ya-kam
(standard) IPA(key)/san˩˩˦.ja˦˥.kam˧//san˩˩˦.la˦˥.ja˦˥.kam˧/

Noun

ศัลยกรรม (sǎn-yá-gam)

  1. (medicine) surgery; surgical operation.
  2. (colloquial) cosmetic surgery; plastic surgery.

Synonyms

  • (cosmetic surgery): ศัลยกรรมเสริมสวย
  • (plastic surgery): ศัลยกรรมพลาสติก

Derived terms

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