អរុណសួស្តី
ʼaʼrun suəsdəy
In Khmer, "good morning" is expressed as អរុណសួស្តី (ʼaʼrun suəsdəy). Wiktionary also lists សុប្រាត (sopraat) and អរុណសុវត្ថិ (ʼaʼrun sovattheʼ).
Meaning: when seeing someone for the first time in the morning (intj)
Ways to say it
| Khmer | Romanization (Wiktionary) |
|---|---|
| អរុណសួស្តី | ʼaʼrun suəsdəy |
| សុប្រាត | sopraat |
| អរុណសុវត្ថិ | ʼaʼrun sovattheʼ |
The phrase is used when seeing someone for the first time in the morning. In casual daily life, Khmer speakers often omit the morning-specific part and simply use សួស្តី to mean hello, regardless of the time of day.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase អរុណសួស្តី is composed of អរុណ, meaning dawn or morning and សួស្តី, meaning greeting or well-being.
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
អរុណសួស្តី is the standard formal way to say "good morning" and is used in media, speeches or polite settings. For addressing someone of higher social status, a formal version is Kom reab sour.
How do you pronounce it?
ʼaʼrun suəsdəy
Did you know?
- While អរុណសួស្តី is the standard 'good morning', many Cambodians prefer to ask ញ៉ាំបាយហើយឬនៅ meaning 'have you eaten rice yet' as a morning greeting.
- The height of the hands during the 'sampeah' gesture changes depending on the social status of the person being greeted in the morning.
- The word សួស្តី in the phrase អរុណសួស្តី is derived from the Pali word 'svasti', which refers to a state of safety and well-being.
Examples in context
- អរុណសួស្តី អ្នកទាំងអស់គ្នា។arun suosdei neak teang os knia.Good morning, everyone.
- អរុណសួស្តី អ្នកគ្រូ!arun suosdei neak kru!Good morning, teacher!
Example conversation
Two colleagues meeting at the office entrance.
- សុខ Sokអរុណសួស្តី ម៉ាលី!Arun suostei Mali!Good morning, Mali!
- ម៉ាលី Malyអរុណសួស្តី សុខ!Arun suostei Sok!Good morning, Sok!
- សុខ Sokតើអ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ?Tae neak sok sabay te?How are you doing?
- ម៉ាលី Malyខ្ញុំសុខសប្បាយទេ។ អរគុណ!Knhom sok sabay te. Orkun!I am doing well. Thanks!
Sources
- Wiktionary, “good morning” translations and entries អរុណសួស្តី, សុប្រាត, អរុណសុវត្ថិ, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
