សម័យ

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali samaya.

Pronunciation
Orthographic សម័យ
sm˘y
Phonemic សៈ-ម៉ៃ
s`-m″ai
WT romanisation saʼmay
(standard) IPA(key) /saʔ.ˈmaj/

Noun

សម័យ • (saʼmay)

  1. time, moment
    សម័យមួយ  ―  saʼmay muəy  ―  one day,​ some time
  2. era, period
    សម័យថ្មី  ―  saʼmay thməy  ―  modern​ ​times, new trends
  3. session (of meeting, assembly)
    បើកសម័យ  ―  baək saʼmay  ―  to​ open a session

Adjective

សម័យ • (saʼmay) (abstract noun ភាពសម័យ)

  1. to be modern, recent, up-to-date
    ភ្លើងសម័យ  ―  phləəng saʼmay  ―  modern​ music
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