Etymology
Sat (ศารท or สารท (สาท), RTGS 'Sat') comes from Pali sārada, which means autumnal. It specifically refers to the season "when the grain is in the ear": rice grain panicles droop as seed reaches full size and fills with milky starch in the days before harvest time. Fruits also are in the bud.
Sat Thai is known as such to differentiate it from the Ghost Festival, known in Thai as Sat Chin.
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