សម្រាប់

See also: សៀមរាប

Khmer

Alternative forms

• សំរាប់ (sɑmrap)

Etymology

From ស្រាប់ (srap, “to be available for”) with infixed -VN-.

Pronunciation

Orthographic សម្រាប់ sm̥rāp´ Phonemic សំ-រ៉ាប់ sṃ-r″āp´ WT romanisation sɑmrap (standard) IPA(key) /sɑm.ˈrap/

Verb

សម្រាប់ • (sɑmrap) (abstract noun ការសម្រាប់)

1. to serve as, to be used for, to be intended for

   ក្រដាសសម្រាប់សរសេរ  ―  krɑdaah sɑmrap sɑsee  ―  Paper is used to write on.

Preposition

សម្រាប់ • (sɑmrap)

1. for, for the purpose of, in order to

   គេប្រើម៉ាស៊ីនសម្រាប់បូមទឹក

   kei praə maasɨn sɑmrap boum tɨk

   They​ use a machine to pump the water.

2. for, in exchange of (when buying)
3. for, to (when giving)
4. for, as for, concerning

Classifier

សម្រាប់ • (sɑmrap)

1. classifier for suits of clothing, sets of tools and equipment, decks of cards

Noun

សម្រាប់ • (sɑmrap)

1. set or group of royal ministers (there were four classes of somrabs, each divided into ten grades or ពាន់ (pŏən))
2. daily food prepared by the laity and donated to the monks