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som¹

Where it comes from

From Kyrgyz сом (som) and Uzbek сўм (soʻm) (Cyrillic) / soʻm (Roman), both of which come from the Turkic root *som ("pure [gold]").

noun soms · sum · soum

  1. The currency of Kyrgyzstan. Symbol: ⃀.
  2. The currency of Uzbekistan.

som²

pronoun

  1. obsolete Obsolete spelling of some U cared to try som of my snax

determiner

  1. obsolete Obsolete spelling of some

som³

noun soms

  1. alternative Alternative form of somm (“sommelier”). The som who first introduced me to it leaned in close and whispered the news, as if he were offering me something illegal.

Som⁴

Where it comes from

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 Soms

  1. A surname.

SOM⁵

noun SOMs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of self-organizing map
  2. alternative Alternative form of SoM
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of serviceable obtainable market

SoM⁶

noun SoMs

  1. abbreviation, acronym, initialism Abbreviation of system on a module (“system-on-module”).

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: third, sum, tyme, gan, that, like, anf, noise, racket, din, resonance, tone, audio, rumble, echo, timbre

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Every language

noun national currency of Kyrgyzstan

中文索姆 suǒmǔ
Portuguêssom
Русскийсом som

noun national currency of Uzbekistan

中文索姆 suǒmǔ
Portuguêssom
Françaissom
Ελληνικάσομ som
Русскийсом som
العربيةسوم

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BibTeX
@misc{som_2026,
  title = {som},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/som},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}