ကမ္ဘောဒီးယား

Burmese edit

Etymology edit

From English Cambodia, via French Cambodge and Portuguese Camboja. Both these words are derived from Middle Khmer Kambuja (Modern Khmer កម្ពុជា (kampuciə)). Ultimately from Sanskrit काम्बोज (kāmboja, the name of a tribe mentioned in Hindu scripture).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kàɴbɔ́díjá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kambhau:di:ya: • ALA-LC: kambhodīʺyāʺ • BGN/PCGN: kanbaw:di:ya: • Okell: kañbòdìyà

Proper noun edit

ကမ္ဘောဒီးယား (kambhau:di:ya:)

  1. Cambodia (a country in Southeast Asia)
    ကမ္ဘောဒီးယားနိုင်ငံkambhau:di:ya:nuingngamCambodia (country)
  2. Cambodian