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)

1. 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.

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Adjective

ស • (sɑɑ) (abstract noun ភាពស)

1. to be white

Derived terms

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

Affixed forms

• បន្ស (bɑnsɑɑ)
• សំណ (sɑmnɑɑ)

See also

Colors in Khmer · ពណ៌ (pɔə) (layout · text)

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)

Etymology 3

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Proper noun

ស • (sɑɑ)

1. Sa, a surname

Pali

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

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

Letter

ស (s)

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

See also

• វ (v) (previous letter of the Pali alphabet)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 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 forms

• 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

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

Pronoun

ស m

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