ដោះ

See also: ដ៏, ដី, ដៃ, ដុំ, ដាំ, and ដ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ដោះ ṭoḥ WT romanisation dɑh (standard) IPA(key) /ɗɑh/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁ɔh (“breast; mamma”). Cognate with Bahnar toh, Pacoh tóuh, Mon တှ် and Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] toah.

Noun

ដោះ • (dɑh)

1. (anatomy) breast, udder

Derived terms

• ទឹកដោះ (tɨk dɑh, “milk”)

See also

• ដើមទ្រូង (daəm truung)
• ថនៈ (thaʼnaʼ)
• ថនា (thɑniə)
• សុដន់ (sodɑn)

Etymology 2

Verb

ដោះ • (dɑh) (abstract noun ការដោះ)

1. to undo; to untie
2. to take off (clothing); to remove
3. to lift (a curse)
4. to release; to free
5. to save; to rescue
6. to solve; to explain; to settle (a question); to resolve

Derived terms

• ដោះខោអាវ (dɑh khao ʼaaw, “to undress”)