Som

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See also: som, SOM, söm, sớm, -som, som', Som., and Appendix:Variations of "som"

English

Etymology

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

Som (plural Soms)

A surname.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Som is the 15355^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1910 individuals. Som is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (88.12%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Som”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /zoːm/
Rhymes: -oːm

Noun

Som m (plural Somen)

seed

Synonyms

(seed): Geseems

Related terms

séien (“to sow”)

Turkish

Proper noun

Som

a male given name

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