សម្ភព

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali sambhava (“birth; semen; sperm”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic សម្ភព
sm̥bʰb
Phonemic សំ-ភប់
sṃ-bʰp´
WT romanisation sɑmphup
(standard) IPA(key) /sɑm.ˈpʰup/

Noun

សម្ភព • (sɑmphup)

  1. birth
  2. sexual union

Verb

សម្ភព • (sɑmphup) (abstract noun ការសម្ភព)

  1. (royal) to be born (referring to the children of the king and a woman who is a commoner)
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