អ័ព្ភ

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Khmer

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Etymology

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From Pali abbha, from Sanskrit अभ्र (abhra, cloud). Doublet of អ័ភ្រ (ʼap). Compare also similar អ័ព្ទ (ʼap, fog).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic អ័ព្ភ
ʼ˘b̥bʰ
Phonemic អ័ព / អ័-ព្ភៈ
ʼ˘b / ʼ˘-b̥bʰ`
WT romanisation ʼap, ʼapphĕəʼ
(standard) IPA(key) /ʔap/ ~ /ʔap.ˈpʰĕəʔ/

Noun

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អ័ព្ភ (ʼap)

  1. thick and dark clouds
  2. fog