อสัญกรรม

Thai

Etymology

From อสัญ (“unconscious”) +‎ กรรม (gam, “act; action; deed; etc”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		อสัญกรรม ɒ s ạ ɲ k r r m
Phonemic		อะ-สัน-ยะ-กำ ɒ a – s ạ n – y a – k å
Romanization	Paiboon	à-sǎn-yá-gam
	Royal Institute	a-san-ya-kam
(standard) IPA(key)		/ʔa˨˩.san˩˩˦.ja˦˥.kam˧/(R)

Noun

อสัญกรรม • (à-sǎn-yá-gam)

1. (humble) death.

Usage notes

• The verb form is ถึงแก่อสัญกรรม (tʉ̌ng-gɛ̀ɛ-à-sǎn-yá-gam)
• At present, the term is preserved for the following deceased:
  • presidents or members of a privy council or a like entity
  • incumbent republic presidents
  • incumbent upper house presidents
  • incumbent lower house presidents
  • incumbent prime ministers
  • incumbent ministers of state
  • statespersons
  • first-class members (knights grand cross or dames grand cross) of the Order of Chula Chom Klao