Ways to say it
| Khmer | Romanization (Wiktionary) |
|---|---|
| សេចក្ដីស្រឡាញ់ | sackdəy srɑlañ |
| ស្នេហា | snaehaa |
The noun forms are used to describe a strong affection. While សេចក្ដីស្រឡាញ់ is a general term for affection, ស្នេហា is specifically used for romantic or passionate love. If you wish to express the action of loving, use the verb ស្រឡាញ់.
What does it mean word for word?
The noun សេចក្ដីស្រឡាញ់ is formed by adding the nominalizing prefix សេចក្ដី (sackdəy) to the verb ស្រឡាញ់ (srɑlañ, to love).
Which one should you use?
There are two main ways to express the noun 'love': សេចក្ដីស្រឡាញ់ is a general term for love or affection, while ស្នេហា is used more specifically for romantic or passionate love. In terms of related verbs, ចូលចិត្ត means 'to like', but ស្រឡាញ់ is used for the much stronger emotion of 'to love'.
Related words
How does it change in a sentence?
The abstract noun សេចក្ដីស្រឡាញ់ is used to name the concept of love, whereas the verb form ស្រឡាញ់ (to love) is used directly in sentences to describe the action.
How do you pronounce it?
sackdəy srɑlañ
Did you know?
- The romantic noun ស្នេហា comes from the Sanskrit word sneha, which originally referred to oiliness or the act of rubbing oil on the skin as a sign of affection.
- In Khmer culture, expressing សេចក្ដីស្រឡាញ់ toward parents or elders is often shown through the act of washing their feet or offering food rather than using the word itself.
- The term សេចក្ដីស្រឡាញ់ is often paired with Buddhist concepts of loving-kindness, linking the emotional noun to the spiritual practice of universal compassion.
Examples in context
- សេចក្ដីស្រឡាញ់គឺជាអ្វីដែលអស្ចារ្យ។sechkdey sralanh keu chea avay del oschar.Love is something wonderful.
- គាត់មានសេចក្ដីស្រឡាញ់ចំពោះគ្រួសារ។koat mean sechkdey sralanh chous por krousar.He has love for his family.
- សេចក្ដីស្រឡាញ់របស់ពួកគេពិតជាធំធេងណាស់។sechkdey sralanh robos puok ke pit chea thom theng nah.Their love is truly great.
Example conversation
Sreyni and Ratanak are talking about their relationship.
- ស្រីនី Sreynyតើរតនៈជឿលើសេចក្ដីស្រឡាញ់ទេ?tae Ratanak cheu leu sech-kdey srolanh te?Ratanak, do you believe in love?
- រតនៈ Ratanakបាទ ខ្ញុំជឿថាវាជារឿងសំខាន់បំផុត។bat, khnhom cheu tha vea chea reuong som-khan bom-phot.Yes, I believe it is the most important thing.
- ស្រីនី Sreynyខ្ញុំក៏ជឿដូចគ្នា ស្រីនីយល់អញ្ចឹងដែរ។khnhom kor cheu doch knea, Sreyni yol anh-cheng der.I believe so too, Sreyni feels the same.
- រតនៈ Ratanakយើងនឹងថែរក្សាសេចក្ដីស្រឡាញ់នេះទាំងអស់គ្នា។yeung neng thae-reaksa sech-kdey srolanh nih teang-os knea.We will take care of this love together.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “love” translations and entries សេចក្ដីស្រឡាញ់, ស្នេហា, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries សេចក្ដីស្រឡាញ់, ស្នេហា, CC BY-SA 4.0.
