សិង្ហបុរី

Khmer

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) + पुर (pura, “city”).

Pronunciation
Orthographic សិង្ហបុរី
siṅ̥hpurī
Phonemic សិង-ហៈ-បុ-រ៉ី
siṅ-h`-pu-r″ī
WT romanisation sənghaʼborəy
(standard) IPA(key) /səŋ.haʔ.ɓo.rəj/

Proper noun

សិង្ហបុរី • (sənghaʼborəy)

  1. Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony)
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