ចេតិយ

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali cetiya, from Sanskrit चैत्य (caitya, “hall, temple, or place of worship”)

Pronunciation

Orthographic ចេតិយ cetiy Phonemic ចែដ-ដី caeṭ-ṭī WT romanisation caetdəy (standard) IPA(key) /caet.ˈɗəj/

Noun

ចេតិយ • (caetdəy)

1. shrine, chedi, stupa (conical or bell-shaped structure containing the relics of deceased persons)
2. (archaic) sacred tree growing on a mound
3. (archaic) hall, temple, place of worship

Alternative forms

• ចៃត្យ (caytyɔɔ)

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• cetiya (Latin script)
• 𑀘𑁂𑀢𑀺𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• चेतिय (Devanagari script)
• চেতিয (Bengali script)
• චෙතිය (Sinhalese script)
• စေတိယ or ၸေတိယ (Burmese script)
• เจติย or เจติยะ (Thai script)
• ᨧᩮᨲᩥᨿ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຈຕິຍ or ເຈຕິຍະ or ເຈຕິຢະ (Lao script)
• 𑄌𑄬𑄖𑄨𑄠 (Chakma script)

Noun

ចេតិយ n

1. Khmer script form of cetiya (“shrine”)

Declension

Declension table of "ចេតិយ" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ចេតិយំ (cetiyaṃ)	ចេតិយានិ (cetiyāni)
Accusative (second)	ចេតិយំ (cetiyaṃ)	ចេតិយានិ (cetiyāni)
Instrumental (third)	ចេតិយេន (cetiyena)	ចេតិយេហិ (cetiyehi) or ចេតិយេភិ (cetiyebhi)
Dative (fourth)	ចេតិយស្ស (cetiyassa) or ចេតិយាយ (cetiyāya) or ចេតិយត្ថំ (cetiyatthaṃ)	ចេតិយានំ (cetiyānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ចេតិយស្មា (cetiyasmā) or ចេតិយម្ហា (cetiyamhā) or ចេតិយា (cetiyā)	ចេតិយេហិ (cetiyehi) or ចេតិយេភិ (cetiyebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ចេតិយស្ស (cetiyassa)	ចេតិយានំ (cetiyānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ចេតិយស្មិំ (cetiyasmiṃ) or ចេតិយម្ហិ (cetiyamhi) or ចេតិយេ (cetiye)	ចេតិយេសុ (cetiyesu)
Vocative (calling)	ចេតិយ (cetiya)	ចេតិយានិ (cetiyāni)