Sar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sar"

English

Etymology

From Khmer ស (sɑɑ) or Khmer សរ (sɑɑ).

Proper noun

Sar (plural Sars)

1. A surname from Khmer.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sar is the 23333^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1091 individuals. Sar is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (77.36%) and White (12.37%) individuals.

Anagrams

• ARS, ARs, ASR, RAS, RAs, RSA, Ras, ars, asr, ras

Galician

The Sar in Padrón

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Sar, from Medieval Latin Saris, from Sars, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; a root noun from the Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɾ/

Proper noun

Sar m

1. A river in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
2. a surname

References

• Curchin, Leonard A. (2008). "The toponyms of the Roman Galicia: New Study", Cuadernos de Estudios Gallegos, LV (121), pages 109-136.
• "Sar" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Latin Saris, from Sars, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; a root noun from the Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to flow”).

Proper noun

Sar m

1. A river in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.

Descendants

• Galician: Sar

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "Sar"