សាធារណរដ្ឋ

Khmer

Etymology

A borrowing from Thai สาธารณรัฐ (sǎa-taa-rá-ná-rát) which was coined by coined by Wan Waithayakon, compounded by សាធារណៈ (saathiərĕəʼnaʼ) +‎ រដ្ឋ (rŏət) which already existed in Khmer.

Pronunciation

Orthographic សាធារណរដ្ឋ sādʰārṇrṭ̥ṭʰ Phonemic សា-ធា-រៈ-ណៈ-រ័ត sā-dʰā-r`-ṇ`-r˘t WT romanisation saathiərĕəʼnaʼrŏət (standard) IPA(key) /saː.tʰiə.rĕəʔ.naʔ.rŏət/

Noun

សាធារណរដ្ឋ • (saathiərĕəʼnaʼrŏət)

1. republic