សារមន្ទីរ
saaraʼmŭəntii
The English word "museum" is translated into Khmer as សារមន្ទីរ (saaraʼmŭəntii).
The term refers to a building or institution.
Meaning: building or institution (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
saaraʼmŭəntii
Did you know?
- Many objects in a សារមន្ទីរ in Cambodia are treated with a level of spiritual reverence that transcends simple curation, sometimes involving offerings of incense.
- The word សារមន្ទីរ is a compound of two Sanskrit-derived terms, សារ meaning 'record' or 'document' and មន្ទីរ meaning 'place' or 'house'.
- In Cambodia, the National Museum is designed in a traditional Khmer style that mimics the architecture of the Angkorian era rather than using a modern western box shape.
Examples in context
- សារមន្ទីរនេះធំខ្លាំងណាស់។saramante nis thom khlang nah.This museum is very large.
- តើមានសារមន្ទីរនៅជិតនេះទេ?tae mean saramante nov chit nis te?Is there a museum near here?
- ខ្ញុំចង់ទៅសារមន្ទីរនៅថ្ងៃស្អែក។khnhom chong tov saramante nov thngay sa-ek.I want to go to the museum tomorrow.
Example conversation
Vibol and Chinda are planning their weekend trip.
- ចិន្តា Chindaវិបុល តើយើងគួរទៅណាថ្ងៃស្អែក?Vibol, tae yeung kuor tov na thngai s'aek?Vibol, where should we go tomorrow?
- វិបុល Vibolខ្ញុំគិតថា យើងគួរទៅសារមន្ទីរ។khnhom kit tha yeung kuor tov saramonteir.I think we should go to the museum.
- ចិន្តា Chindaគំនិតល្អណាស់ ចិន្តាចូលចិត្តមើលគំនូរ។komnit la'or nah, Chinda chol chett merl komnu.That's a great idea, Chinda likes looking at paintings.
- វិបុល Vibolអញ្ចឹង ជួបគ្នាពេលព្រឹក!anh-cheung, chuop knia pel pruek!Then, see you in the morning!
Sources
- Wiktionary, “museum” translations and entries សារមន្ទីរ, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries សារមន្ទីរ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
