អត្ថ

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Khmer

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Etymology

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From Pali attha, from Sanskrit अर्थ (artha, meaning, sense).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic អត្ថ
ʼt̥tʰ
Phonemic អ័ត / អ័ត-ថៈ-
ʼ˘t / ʼ˘t-tʰ`-
WT romanisation ʼat, ʼatthaʼ
(standard) IPA(key) /ʔat/ ~ /ʔat.tʰaʔ./

Noun

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អត្ថ (ʼat)

  1. meaning, sense, significance (of a word)
  2. interest, use, benefit, value, advantage, profit, gain
  3. elucidation, explanation
  4. translation (as of a text)
  5. story, case
  6. cause, result, cause and effect
  7. wish
  8. wealth
  9. work, occupation, employment, undertaking, business
  10. goal, purpose, task, mission
  11. progress, development, growth
  12. thought, idea
  13. incident, event, occurrence
  14. property, ownership
  15. object, thing
  16. matter

Derived terms

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Adjective

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អត្ថ (ʼat)

  1. to be first, primary

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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អត្ថ m

  1. Khmer script form of attha (“benefit”)
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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អត្ថ

  1. Khmer script form of attha, which is second-person plural present active of អត្ថិ (atthi, to be)