Sompot

thumb|Khmer dancer wearing a samloy robab in the style of ''sampot sarobap ka'at kbal neak, or "sampot folded like the head of a naga".|alt= A sampot ( /sɑmpʊət/ ), a traditional dress in Cambodia. The traditional dress is similar to the dhoti of Southern Asia.).

==Etymology== Sampot'' () is a modern Khmer term that refers to "cloth", "woman's skirt", and "a piece of cloth used as a lower garment, specifically the Khmer sarong." It is derived from several terms, including "saṃbata, sambata, saṃbūta, saṃmbuta, sambattha, and sabvata," which can be found in groups of the Inscription Modern Angkor Wat (IMA) from the 16th and 17th centuries CE, during the middle Khmer period. The root of the word sampot is ''ba't and ba'ta, which mean "to encircle, surround." The terms *sbat and 'sba'ta are derived from this root and mean "to gird, wrap, or envelop (the body)."