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

• សំអាត (sɑmʼaat)