Re: Thai: samnak song

Venerable Sritantra,

op 01-04-2006 05:57 schreef sritantra op sritantra@...:

> Now as for "song", according to at least one monastic Thai-speaker it
> is a colloquialization (or linguistic alteration) of Sk/P sangha. I
> would appreciate any verification or refutation of this.
>
> In brief, does anybody have any clear idea as to the derivation
> of "samnak"? Being of two syllables, my instincts tell me that it
> must be Sanskrit/Pali in origin.

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N: yes, song is sangha, community.
samnak I recall: a center. Samnak patibat, a meditation center.
With respect,
Nina.