Khmer

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Etymology

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From Pali saṅgha (assemblage; multitude) or Sanskrit सङ्घ (saṅgha, assembly; association; union).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic សង្ឃ
sṅ̥gʰ
Phonemic សង់
sṅ´
WT romanisation sɑng
(standard) IPA(key) /sɑŋ/

Noun

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សង្ឃ (sɑng)

  1. (Buddhism) official brotherhood of Buddhist monks
  2. (Buddhism, less formally) (ព្រះ~) monk, priest
  3. (Buddhism, less formally) four or more priests, Buddhist assembly

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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សង្ឃ m

  1. Khmer script form of saṅgha

Declension

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