ស

See also: សុំ, ស៊ី, សេះ, សោ, and សោះ

ស	U+179F, ស KHMER LETTER SA

← ឞ
[U+179E]

Khmer

ហ →
[U+17A0]

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	ស s
WT romanisation	sɑɑ
(standard) IPA^(key)	/sɑː/

Etymology 1

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Letter

ស, ្ស • (sɑɑ)

the thirtieth letter of the Cambodian alphabet

Usage notes

This letter belongs to the Khmer a-series consonants

Etymology 2

Cognate with Northern Khmer ซอฺ.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

ស • (sɑɑ) (abstract noun ភាពស)

to be white

Derived terms

ខ្ទឹមស (khtɨm sɑɑ, “garlic”)
ស្ពៃស (spɨy sɑɑ, “napa cabbage”)

Affixed forms

បន្ស (bɑnsɑɑ)
សំណ (sɑmnɑɑ)

Etymology 3

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Proper noun

ស • (sɑɑ)

Sa, a surname

Pali

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

sa (Latin script)
𑀲 (Brahmi script)
स (Devanagari script)
স (Bengali script)
ස (Sinhalese script)
သ (Burmese script)
ส or สะ (Thai script)
ᩈ (Tai Tham script)
ສ or ສະ (Lao script)
𑄥 (Chakma script)

Letter

ស (s)

The 38th letter and 30th consonant of the Khmer Pali alphabet. In Pali it represents the voiceless, sibilant fricative consonant /s/.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

sa (Latin script)
𑀲 (Brahmi script)
स (Devanagari script)
স (Bengali script)
ස (Sinhalese script)
သ (Burmese script)
ส or สะ (Thai script)
ᩈ (Tai Tham script)
ສ or ສະ (Lao script)
𑄥 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

so (Latin script)
𑀲𑁄 (Brahmi script)
सो (Devanagari script)
সো (Bengali script)
සො (Sinhalese script)
သော or သေႃ (Burmese script)
โส (Thai script)
ᩈᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
ໂສ (Lao script)
សោ (Khmer script)
𑄥𑄮 (Chakma script)

Adjective

ស

(demonstrative) Khmer script form of sa, which is nominative singular masculine of ត (ta, “that”)

Pronoun

ស m

(demonstrative) Khmer script form of sa, which is nominative singular of ត (ta, “he, it”)

ស (sɑɑ)	ប្រផេះ (prɑpheh)	ខ្មៅ (khmaw)
ក្រហម (krɑhɑɑm)	ទឹកក្រូច (tɨk krouc); ត្នោត (tnaot)	លឿង (lɨəng)
	បៃតង (baytɑɑng)
		ខៀវ (khiəw)
ស្វាយ (svaay)	ស្វាយ (svaay)	ផ្កាឈូក (phkaa chuuk)