som

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noun

The currency of Kyrgyzstan. Symbol: ⃀.

OriginKyrgyz сом ← Uzbek сўм →
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Meanings

som1

nounsom (plural soms)

plural soms · alternative sum · alternative soum

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

som2

pronoun
  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of some.

    U cared to try som of my snax

    (Can we date this quote?), Kimberly Kubus (K.Okkerstrøm), Airport Manager
determiner
  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of some.

som3

nounsom (plural soms)

plural soms

  1. alternativeAlternative 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.

    2013, Jay McInerney, The Juice: Vinous Veritas, page 19

Som4

proper nounSom (plural Soms)

plural Soms

  1. A surname.

SOM5

nounSOM (plural SOMs)

plural SOMs

  1. abbreviationinitialismmachine learningInitialism of self-organizing map.
  2. alternativeAlternative form of SoM
  3. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of serviceable obtainable market.

SoM6

nounSoM (plural SoMs)

plural SoMs

  1. abbreviationacronyminitialismcomputingAbbreviation of system on a module (“system-on-module”).

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
self-organizing map

Origin

som · noun

  1. Uzbekсўм
  2. Kyrgyzсом
  3. Englishsom

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

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Som · proper noun

  1. Sanskritसोम“moon”
  2. Bengaliসোম
  3. Khmerសោម
  4. EnglishSom

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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Translations

Arabic سوم
  • سومnational currency of Uzbekistan
Chinese Mandarin 索姆, 索姆
  • 索姆 (suǒmǔ)national currency of Kyrgyzstan
  • 索姆 (suǒmǔ)national currency of Uzbekistan
Estonian somm, somm
  • sommnational currency of Kyrgyzstan
  • sommnational currency of Uzbekistan
French som
  • somnational currency of Uzbekistan
Greek σομ
  • σομ (som)national currency of Uzbekistan
Hungarian szom
  • szomnational currency of Uzbekistan
Lithuanian somas
  • somasnational currency of Uzbekistan
Portuguese som, som
  • somnational currency of Kyrgyzstan
  • somnational currency of Uzbekistan
Russian сом, сом
  • сом (som)national currency of Kyrgyzstan
  • сом (som)national currency of Uzbekistan
Ukrainian сом
  • сом (som)national currency of Uzbekistan

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

mososm
Cite this entry
APA

som. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/som

MLA

“som.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/som. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “som,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/som.

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