សភា

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer សុភា (subhā), សូភា (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)

meeting; conference
parliament