អនត្ថ

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali anattha, from a- (“non”) + attha (“need, use”), equivalent to អ- (ʼaʼ) +‎ អត្ថ (ʼat).

Pronunciation

Orthographic អនត្ថ ʼnt̥tʰ Phonemic អៈ-ន៉័ត-ថៈ ʼ`-n″˘t-tʰ` WT romanisation ʼaʼnatthaʼ (standard) IPA(key) /ʔaʔ.nat.tʰaʔ/

Adjective

អនត្ថ • (ʼaʼnatthaʼ) (abstract noun ភាពអនត្ថ)

1. (literary, rare) to be useless, unimportant, frivolous

Noun

អនត្ថ • (ʼaʼnatthaʼ)

1. (literary, rare) frivolous matter