សុវណ្ណភូមិ

Khmer

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali suvaṇṇabhūmi, from Sanskrit सुवर्णभूमि (suvarṇabhūmi). Cognate with Thai สุวรรณภูมิ (sù-wan-ná-puum). By surface analysis, សុវណ្ណ (sovan, “gold”) +‎ ភូមិ (phuum, “land”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic សុវណ្ណភូមិ suvṇ̥ṇbʰūmi Phonemic សុ-វ៉ាន់-ណៈ-ភូម su-v″ān´-ṇ`-bʰūm WT romanisation sovannaʼphuum (standard) IPA(key) /so.ʋan.naʔ.pʰuːm/

Proper noun

សុវណ្ណភូមិ • (sovannaʼphuum)

1. Suvarnabhumi (a locality mentioned in ancient accounts of Southeast Asia)