Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit अवीचि (avīci, literally waveless: having no waves, without waves).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic អវីចី
ʼvīcī
Phonemic អៈ-វី-ចី
ʼ`-vī-cī
WT romanisation ʼaʼviicəy
(standard) IPA(key) /ʔaʔ.ʋiː.cəj/

Proper noun edit

អវីចី (ʼaʼviicəy)

  1. (Buddhism) Avici (one of the eight great hells; for persons who have committed grave sins)