សាយ

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *saay (“dispersed”). Maybe related to រាយ (riəy, “to scatter”), via the prefixed forms ស្រាយ (sraay, “to untie”), រសាយ (rɔsaay, “to be untied, scattered”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic សាយ sāy WT romanisation saay (standard) IPA(key) /saːj/

Verb

សាយ • (saay) (abstract noun ការសាយ)

1. to scatter, spread, disperse, diffuse

Adjective

សាយ • (saay) (abstract noun ភាពសាយ)

1. to be spread out, diffused
2. to be prolific

Noun

សាយ • (saay)

1. dispersal, dissemination, scattering

Proper noun

សាយ • (saay)

1. Say, a surname

Affixed forms

• ត្រសាយ (trɑsaay)
• បន្សាយ (bɑnsaay)
• ផ្សាយ (phsaay)
• រសាយ (rɔsaay)
• រំសាយ (rumsaay)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• sāya (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• साय (Devanagari script)
• সায (Bengali script)
• සාය (Sinhalese script)
• သာယ or သႃယ (Burmese script)
• สาย or สายะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩣᨿ (Tai Tham script)
• ສາຍ or ສາຍະ or ສາຢະ (Lao script)
• 𑄥𑄂𑄠 (Chakma script)

Noun

សាយ

1. Khmer script form of sāya

See also

You are probably looking for សាយំ (adverb) (sāyaṃ, “in the evening”).