សាមី

Khmer

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali sāmin, from Sanskrit स्वामिन् (svāmín).

Pronunciation

Orthographic សាមី sāmī Phonemic សា-ម៉ី sā-m″ī WT romanisation saaməy (standard) IPA(key) /saː.ˈməj/

Noun

សាមី • (saaməy)

1. boss; owner; husband
2. (grammar) possessive particle

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• sāmī (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑀸𑀫𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• सामी (Devanagari script)
• সামী (Bengali script)
• සාමී (Sinhalese script)
• သာမီ or သာမဳ or သႃမီ (Burmese script)
• สามี (Thai script)
• ᩈᩣᨾᩦ (Tai Tham script)
• ສາມີ (Lao script)
• 𑄥𑄂𑄟𑄩 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• suvāmī (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀫𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• सुवामी (Devanagari script)
• সুৰামী (Bengali script)
• සුවාමී (Sinhalese script)
• သုဝါမီ or သုဝါမဳ or သုဝႃမီ (Burmese script)
• สุวามี (Thai script)
• ᩈᩩᩅᩤᨾᩦ (Tai Tham script)
• ສຸວາມີ (Lao script)
• សុវាមី (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄪𑅇𑄂𑄟𑄩 (Chakma script)

Noun

សាមី (m)

1. Khmer script form of sāmī which is inflection of សាមិន៑:
   1. nominative singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative plural (sāmin, “master”)