โสม
Thai
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Definitions
- (botany) , : the herbal plant of the family Portulacaceae.
- (botany) sweetheart: the herbal plant of the family Portulacaceae.
- (botany) any of the various plants of the genus Panax, the family Araliaceae.
- (Hinduism) a kind of beverage made from the juice of an ivy plant mixed with clarified butter, traditionally offered to Indra and other gods.
- (figurative) alcoholic beverage; intoxicating beverage.
- (elegant) moon.
- (elegant) gold.
- a type of ghost which guards a treasure trove.
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit सोम (also associated with the moon after the Vedic period, drunk as medicine and offered to gods, Monday, moon, a kind of boiled vine from Vedic India, soma plant, made from the plant soma).
Origin
Sanskrit
सोम
Gloss
also associated with the moon after the Vedic period, drunk as medicine and offered to gods, Monday, moon, a kind of boiled vine from Vedic India, soma plant, made from the plant soma
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
月