សម្ពន្ធ

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali sambandha (“connection”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic សម្ពន្ធ sm̥bn̥dʰ Phonemic សំ-ពន់ sṃ-bn´ WT romanisation sɑmpŭən (standard) IPA(key) /sɑm.ˈpŭən/

Noun

សម្ពន្ធ • (sɑmpŭən)

1. bond, relationship, alliance, league; ally
2. contact, exchange (e.g. cultural exchange); establishing (e.g. diplomatic) relations; asking for a girl's hand in marriage; tying, binding; being friendly with each other
3. parsing or grammatical analysis of a sentence
4. annex, supplement

Verb

សម្ពន្ធ • (sɑmpŭən) (abstract noun ការសម្ពន្ធ)

1. to parse