អង្សា

Khmer

Etymology

From Sanskrit अंश (aṃśa, “fraction; part; portion; etc”). Cognate with Thai องศา (ong-sǎa).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic អង្សា ʼṅ̥sā WT romanisation ʼɑngsaa (standard) IPA(key) /ʔɑŋ.ˈsaː/

Noun

អង្សា • (ʼɑngsaa)

1. degree: unit of measure, as of temperature or pressure
2. (geometry) degree: unit of measure of angle
3. (astrology) degree: any of the 360 equal divisions of the ecliptic