មហាវិទ្យាល័យ

Khmer

Etymology

From Sanskrit महाविद्यालय (mahāvidyālaya, literally “great house of knowledge”), analyzable as មហា (mĕəʼhaa) +‎ វិទ្យា (vityiə) +‎ អាល័យ (ʼaalay). Compare Thai มหาวิทยาลัย (má-hǎa-wít-tá-yaa-lai).

Pronunciation

Orthographic មហាវិទ្យាល័យ mhāvid̥yāl˘y Phonemic ម-ហា-វិ-ទ្យា-ល៉័យ m-hā-vi-d̥yā-l″˘y WT romanisation mɔɔhaavɨtyiəlay (standard) IPA(key) /mɔː.haː.ʋɨt.jiə.laj/

Noun

មហាវិទ្យាល័យ • (mɔɔhaavɨtyiəlay)

1. faculty, college

   មហាវិទ្យាល័យវេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ  ―  mɔɔhaavɨtyiəlay vɨccĕəʼsaah  ―  Faculty of Medicine