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
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