สวัสดี

Etymology
From ; probably via,. Cognate with 🇨🇬, Modern 🇨🇬. Compare 🇨🇬, from which 🇨🇬 is derived.

The use of this term as a greeting or farewell was initiated at the, by in 2476 BE (1933/34 CE), and was officially ordained by the  of Field Marshall  on 22 January 2486 BE (1944 CE).

Noun

 * 1)  welfare, well-being; prosperity, success; security, safety; goodness, virtue, moral excellence

Usage notes

 * In the second sense, the interjection is colloquially shortened as and.
 * In the second sense, the interjection may be followed by the particle, , , , , or.
 * Priests use the greetings and.
 * To greet priests, the greeting is used.

Verb

 * 1) to greet or bid farewell by or as if by expressing this interjection