សភា

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer subhā, sūbhā (“court; court of justice; member of a court: justice, judge; etc”); ultimately from Pali sabhā (“assembly; congregation; convention; etc”) or Sanskrit सभा (sabhā, “assembly; meeting”). Cognate with Thai สุภา (sù-paa).

Pronunciation

Orthographic សភា
sbʰā
Phonemic សៈ-ភា
s`-bʰā
WT romanisation saʾphiə
(standard) IPA(key) /saʔ.ˈpʰiə/

Noun

សភា • (saʾphiə)

  1. meeting; conference
  2. parliament
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