ត្រូវ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ត្រូវ t̥rūv WT romanisation trəw (standard) IPA(key) /trəw/

Verb

ត្រូវ • (trəw) (abstract noun ការត្រូវ)

1. must, should, have to (stronger than គួរ (kuə))
2. to be correct, right, accurate, exact
3. to concern, have to do with; to agree with, coincide with
4. to be affected by, undergo, suffer (used to mark passive/affective construction)

Derived terms

• ត្រឹមត្រូវ (trəm trəw, “correct”)
• ត្រូវការ (trəw kaa, “to​ need”)
• ត្រូវលើ (trəw ləə, “turn”)

Affixed forms

• តម្រូវ (tɑmrɨw)