សភា

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer សភា (sabhā, “council, court of justice; member of a council or court; council chamber, tribunal”), ultimately from Pali sabhā (“assembly; congregation; convention”) or Sanskrit सभा (sabhā, “assembly; meeting”). Doublet of សុភា (sophiə). Cognate with Thai สภา (sà-paa), สุภา (sù-paa).

Pronunciation

Orthographic សភា sbʰā Phonemic សៈ-ភា s`-bʰā WT romanisation saʼphiə (standard) IPA(key) /saʔ.ˈpʰiə/

Noun

សភា • (saʼphiə)

1. assembly, council, parliament, legislative body
2. meeting, association

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• sabhā (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑀪𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• सभा (Devanagari script)
• সভা (Bengali script)
• සභා (Sinhalese script)
• သဘာ or သꧤႃ (Burmese script)
• สภา or สะภา (Thai script)
• ᩈᨽᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ສຠາ or ສະຠາ (Lao script)
• 𑄥𑄞𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

សភា f

1. Khmer script form of sabhā