សត្វ

Khmer

Etymology

From Sanskrit सत्त्व (sattva, “being, animal, creature”). Compare Lao ສັດ (sat), Thai สัตว์ (sàt), Burmese သတ္တဝါ (satta.wa).

Pronunciation
Orthographic សត្វ
st̥v
Phonemic ស័ត
s˘t
WT romanisation sat
(standard) IPA(key) /sat/

Noun

សត្វ • (sat)

  1. animal (also affixing to some animal's names)
  2. being, living creature (animal as opposed to plant)
  3. life
  4. soul

Derived terms
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