Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From Pali ādi.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic អាទិ
ʼādi
WT romanisation ʼaatiʼ
(standard) IPA(key) /ʔaː.ˈtiʔ/

Noun edit

អាទិ (ʼaatiʼ)

  1. first thing, origin, base, foundation
  2. cause

Verb edit

អាទិ (ʼaatiʼ) (abstract noun ការអាទិ)

  1. to begin (something), to lay the foundation (of)

Adjective edit

អាទិ (ʼaatiʼ) (abstract noun ភាពអាទិ)

  1. to be basic, elementary, initial