ស្អាត

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer ស្អាត (sʼāta, “to be well-tended, well-groomed, neat, tidy, spruce, clean, etc”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cʔaʔ ~ *cʔah ~ *cʔaas. Cognate with Thai สะอาด (sà-àat), Lao ສະອາດ (sa ʼāt).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ស្អាត
s̥ʼāt
WT romanisation sʼaat
(standard) IPA(key) /sʔaːt/

Adjective

ស្អាត • (sʼaat) (abstract noun ភាពស្អាត)

  1. to be clean
  2. to be beautiful

Affixed forms

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