ធម្ម

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali dhamma. Compare with Thai ธรรม (tam).

Pronunciation

Orthographic ធម្ម dʰm̥m Phonemic ធ័ម / ធ័ម-មៈ- dʰ˘m / dʰ˘m-m`- WT romanisation thŏəm, thŏəmmĕəʼ (standard) IPA(key) /tʰŏəm/ ~ /tʰŏəm.mĕəʔ./

Noun

ធម្ម • (thŏəm)

1. dhamma; dharma

Related terms

• ធម៌ (thɔə)

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• dhamma (Latin script)
• 𑀥𑀫𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• धम्म (Devanagari script)
• ধম্ম (Bengali script)
• ධම‍්ම (Sinhalese script)
• ဓမ္မ or ꩪမ္မ or ꩪမ်မ (Burmese script)
• ธมฺม or ธัมมะ (Thai script)
• ᨵᨾ᩠ᨾ (Tai Tham script)
• ຘມ຺ມ or ຘັມມະ or ທັມມະ or ທ຺ັມມະ (Lao script)
• 𑄙𑄟𑄴𑄟 (Chakma script)

Noun

ធម្ម m

1. Khmer script form of dhamma (“righteousness”)

Declension

Declension table of "ធម្ម" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ធម្មោ (dhammo)	ធម្មា (dhammā)
Accusative (second)	ធម្មំ (dhammaṃ)	ធម្មេ (dhamme)
Instrumental (third)	ធម្មេន (dhammena)	ធម្មេហិ (dhammehi) or ធម្មេភិ (dhammebhi)
Dative (fourth)	ធម្មស្ស (dhammassa) or ធម្មាយ (dhammāya) or ធម្មត្ថំ (dhammatthaṃ)	ធម្មានំ (dhammānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ធម្មស្មា (dhammasmā) or ធម្មម្ហា (dhammamhā) or ធម្មា (dhammā)	ធម្មេហិ (dhammehi) or ធម្មេភិ (dhammebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ធម្មស្ស (dhammassa)	ធម្មានំ (dhammānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ធម្មស្មិំ (dhammasmiṃ) or ធម្មម្ហិ (dhammamhi) or ធម្មេ (dhamme)	ធម្មេសុ (dhammesu)
Vocative (calling)	ធម្ម (dhamma)	ធម្មា (dhammā)