Som
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Two main origins:
- Borrowed from Khmer សោម (saom), a surname of unclear origin.
- Borrowed from Bengali সোম (śōm), a Hindu surname from Sanskrit सोम (soma, “moon”).
Proper noun
[edit]Som (plural Soms)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Som is the 15355th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1910 individuals. Som is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (88.12%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Som”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German sāme, from Old High German sāmo, from Proto-Germanic *sēmô, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥. Cognate with German Samen and further Latin sēmen (“seed”), Russian семя (semja, “seed”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Som m (plural Somen)
Synonyms
[edit]- (seed): Geseems
Related terms
[edit]- séien (“to sow”)
Turkish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Som
- a male given name
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Khmer
- English terms derived from Khmer
- English terms borrowed from Bengali
- English terms derived from Bengali
- English terms derived from Sanskrit
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Khmer
- English surnames from Bengali
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Luxembourgish 1-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/oːm
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish nouns
- Luxembourgish masculine nouns
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
- Turkish given names
- Turkish male given names