សប្តាហ៍
sappədaa
In Khmer, 'week' is expressed as សប្តាហ៍ (sappədaa). It is also spelled សប្តាហៈ (sapphdaahaʼ). Wiktionary also lists អាទិត្យ (ʼaatɨt) and សត្តាហៈ (sattaahaʼ).
Meaning: period of seven days (noun)
Ways to say it
| Khmer | Romanization (Wiktionary) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| សប្តាហ៍ | sappədaa | |
| សប្តាហៈ | sapphdaahaʼ | alternative form |
| អាទិត្យ | ʼaatɨt | |
| សត្តាហៈ | sattaahaʼ |
The word refers to a period of seven days.
Which one should you use?
សប្តាហ៍ is the standard term for 'week', whereas អាទិត្យ is frequently used in colloquial speech to mean both 'week' and 'Sunday'.
How do you pronounce it?
sappədaa
Did you know?
- The word សប្តាហ៍ is a direct linguistic relative of the English word 'septenary', as both stem from the same ancient Sanskrit root meaning 'seven'.
- In Cambodia, the traditional calendar was historically based on lunar cycles, but the modern 'week' follows the international seven day standard.
- The word សប្តាហ៍ contains a complex consonant cluster that is often simplified or pronounced differently in rapid speech compared to formal recitation.
Examples in context
- គាត់ស្លាប់នៅសប្តាហ៍មុន។She died last week.This sentence shows how to use សប្តាហ៍ to indicate 'last week'.Tatoeba #11467483 by Vethya, translation #4506276 by Eldad
- ខ្ញុំត្រូវទៅប្រទេសអូស្ត្រាលីនៅអាទិត្យមុន ប៉ុន្តែខ្ញុំជាប់អ្វីបន្តិចមិនបានទៅ។I was supposed to go to Australia last week, but something came up and I couldn't.This sentence demonstrates the use of អាទិត្យ in a colloquial context meaning 'last week'.Tatoeba #11491040 by Vethya, translation #7159084 by CK
- ខ្ញុំនឹងទៅលេងអ្នកនៅសប្តាហ៍ក្រោយ។khnhom nung tov leng neak nov sopda krouy.I will visit you next week.
Example conversation
Two friends are discussing their plans for a short trip.
- ចិន្តា Chindaតើអ្នកមានពេលទំនេរនៅសប្តាហ៍នេះទេ?tae neak mien pel tomne na nov sopda nih te?Are you free this week?
- វិបុល Vibolខ្ញុំមិនសូវទំនេរទេនៅសប្តាហ៍នេះ។khnhom min sov tomne te nov sopda nih.I am not very free this week.
- ចិន្តា Chindaចុះសប្តាហ៍ក្រោយវិញ វិបុល?choh sopda krouy vinh, vipul?How about next week, Vipul?
- វិបុល Vibolសប្តាហ៍ក្រោយខ្ញុំអាចទៅបាន។sopda krouy khnhom arch tov ban.I can go next week.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “week” translations and entries សប្តាហ៍, សប្តាហៈ, អាទិត្យ, សត្តាហៈ, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries សប្តាហៈ, អាទិត្យ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
