មាស

See also: មេសា, ម្សៅ, and មូស

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic មាស mās WT romanisation miəh (standard) IPA(key) /miəh/

Etymology 1

Chemical element
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From Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer mās ~ mas (“gold”). Several further etymologies have been proposed:

• from Sanskrit माष (māṣa, “a kind of bean; a particular weight of gold”).
• from Proto-Mon-Khmer *jmaas, a prefixed form of *jaas (“to shine”). Cognate with Old Mon yimās (“shining (gold)”) and yās (“dawn; to shine”). Compare also Malay mas, emas.

Noun

មាស • (miəh)

1. gold
2. dearest one

Derived terms

• ជាងមាស (ciəngmiəh, “goldsmith”)

Adjective

មាស • (miəh) (abstract noun ភាពមាស)

1. to be dear, beloved

Synonyms

• សុវណ្ណ (sovan)

Proper noun

មាស • (miəh)

1. Meas, a surname

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit मास (māsa, “moon, month”).

Noun

មាស • (miəh)

1. moon
2. month

Synonyms

• (moon): ច័ន្ទ (can)
• (month): ខែ (khae)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• māsa (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• मास (Devanagari script)
• মাস (Bengali script)
• මාස (Sinhalese script)
• မာသ or မႃသ (Burmese script)
• มาส or มาสะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩣᩈ (Tai Tham script)
• ມາສ or ມາສະ (Lao script)
• 𑄟𑄂𑄥 (Chakma script)

Noun

មាស m

1. Khmer script form of māsa (“month”)
2. Khmer script form of māsa (“mungo bean”)

Declension

Declension table of "មាស" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	មាសោ (māso)	មាសា (māsā)
Accusative (second)	មាសំ (māsaṃ)	មាសេ (māse)
Instrumental (third)	មាសេន (māsena)	មាសេហិ (māsehi) or មាសេភិ (māsebhi)
Dative (fourth)	មាសស្ស (māsassa) or មាសាយ (māsāya) or មាសត្ថំ (māsatthaṃ)	មាសានំ (māsānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	មាសស្មា (māsasmā) or មាសម្ហា (māsamhā) or មាសា (māsā)	មាសេហិ (māsehi) or មាសេភិ (māsebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	មាសស្ស (māsassa)	មាសានំ (māsānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	មាសស្មិំ (māsasmiṃ) or មាសម្ហិ (māsamhi) or មាសេ (māse)	មាសេសុ (māsesu)
Vocative (calling)	មាស (māsa)	មាសា (māsā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মাস (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
• মাস (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• မာသ (Burmese script)
• मास (Devanagari script)
• માસ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಾಸ (Kannada script)
• ມາສ (Lao script)
• മാസ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
• ମାସ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
• මාස (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
• மாஸ (Tamil script)
• మాస (Telugu script)
• มาส (Thai script)
• མཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Noun

មាស • (mā́sa) stem, m

1. Khmer script form of मास (“moon, month”)