បរិស្ថាន

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Khmer

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit परि- (pari-, around) + स्थान (sthāna, place).

Sanskrit also has परिस्थान (paristhāna) but it does not mean environment.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic បរិស្ថាន
pris̥tʰān
Phonemic ប-រ៉ិ-ស្ថាន
p-r″i-s̥tʰān
WT romanisation bɑɑresthaan
(standard) IPA(key) /ɓɑː.re.stʰaːn/

Noun

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បរិស្ថាន (bɑɑresthaan)

  1. ecosystem; environment