សំខាន់

Khmer

Etymology

Reborrowed from Thai สำคัญ (sǎm-kan), from Khmer សំគាល់ (sɑmkŏəl, “to notice, to distinguish”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic សំខាន់ sṃkʰān´ WT romanisation sɑmkhan (standard) IPA(key) /sɑm.ˈkʰan/

Adjective

សំខាន់ • (sɑmkhan) (abstract noun ភាពសំខាន់)

1. to be important, essential, main