Where does “សីមា” come from?

សីមា (Khmer) comes from Pali sīmā, from Sanskrit सीमा — frontier, boundary, edge.

សីមា (Khmer): limit, boundary, borderline, frontier

Definitions

  1. limit, boundary, borderline, frontier

Ancestry of “សីមា”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palisīmāboundary; limit
2Sanskritसीमाfrontier, boundary, edge
Every word from Sanskrit सीमा →Every word from Pali sīmā →