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Som

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Definitions

Determiner
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of some. alt-of, obsolete
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    The currency of Uzbekistan.
  2. 2
    Alternative form of somm (“sommelier”). alt-of, alternative

    "The som who first introduced me to it leaned in close and whispered the news, as if he were offering me something illegal."

  3. 3
    Initialism of self-organizing map. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Abbreviation of system on a module (“system-on-module”). abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, initialism
  5. 5
    the basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan wordnet
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  1. 6
    The currency of Kyrgyzstan.
  2. 7
    Alternative form of SoM alt-of, alternative
  3. 8
    the basic unit of money in Uzbekistan wordnet
Pronoun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of some. alt-of, obsolete

    "U cared to try som of my snax"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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”).

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