សូរ

See also: សិរិ, សួរ, ស្រី, សេរី, ស្រែ, and ស្រា

Khmer

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit स्वर (svara, “sound, noise, voice”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic សូរ sūr WT romanisation sou (standard) IPA(key) /sou/

Noun

សូរ • (sou)

1. sound
2. voice
3. noise

Derived terms

• របៀបបន្លឺសូរ (rɔbiəp bɑnlɨɨ sou)

Etymology 2

From Pali sūra (“brave, hero”), from Sanskrit शूर (śūra).

Pronunciation

Orthographic សូរ sūr Phonemic សូ-រ៉ៈ sū-r″` WT romanisation souraʼ (standard) IPA(key) /sou.ˈraʔ/

Adjective

សូរ • (souraʼ) (abstract noun ភាពសូរ)

1. to be courageous, daring, brave, bold
2. to be able, capable, determined

Noun

សូរ • (souraʼ)

1. warrior, brave man, hero
2. capable man

Etymology 3

From Pali sūra (“sun”), from Sanskrit सूर (sūra, “sun; learned man”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic សូរ sūr WT romanisation sou (standard) IPA(key) /sou/

Noun

សូរ • (sou)

1. sun

Alternative forms

• សូរ្យ (souyɔɔ)