សង្ឃ

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali saṅgha (“assemblage; multitude”). Compare Sanskrit सङ्ग (saṅga, “assembly; association; union”).

Pronunciation
Orthographic សង្ឃ
sṅ̥gʰ
Phonemic សង់
sṅ´
WT romanisation sɑng
(standard) IPA(key) /sɑŋ/

Noun

សង្ឃ • (sɑng)

  1. (Buddhism and formal) four or more priests that constitute a ritual assembly
  2. (Buddhism, archaic, now considered colloquial)
  3. (Buddhism) clergy; ecclesiastical order
  4. clergy or ecclesiastical order of any religion

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms

Noun

សង្ឃ m

  1. Khmer script form of saṅgha

Declension
Declension table of "សង្ឃ" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)សង្ឃោសង្ឃា
Accusative (second)សង្ឃំសង្ឃេ
Instrumental (third)សង្ឃេនសង្ឃេហិ or សង្ឃេភិ
Dative (fourth)សង្ឃស្ស or សង្ឃាយ or សង្ឃត្ថំសង្ឃានំ
Ablative (fifth)សង្ឃស្មា or សង្ឃម្ហា or សង្ឃាសង្ឃេហិ or សង្ឃេភិ
Genitive (sixth)សង្ឃស្សសង្ឃានំ
Locative (seventh)សង្ឃស្មិំ or សង្ឃម្ហិ or សង្ឃេសង្ឃេសុ
Vocative (calling)សង្ឃសង្ឃា
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