From Sanskrit शल्य (śalya). <span class="searchmatch">សល្យ</span> • (salyĕəʼ) (abstract noun ភាព<span class="searchmatch">សល្យ</span>) (in compounds) to be surgical...
<span class="searchmatch">សល្យ</span> (salyĕəʼ) + កម្ម (kam). សល្យកម្ម • (salyĕəʼkam) surgery, operation...
<span class="searchmatch">សល្យ</span> (salyĕəʼ) + សាស្ត្រ (saah). សល្យសាស្ត្រ • (salyĕəʼsaah) surgery (medical specialty)...
From Sanskrit शल्य (śalya, “arrow; knife; spear; etc”). Compare Khmer <span class="searchmatch">សល្យ</span> (salyĕəʼ). ศัลย • (sǎn-lá-yá-) pointed-end object, such as an arrow, a knife...