Khmer

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Etymology

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From Old Khmer ក្តិ (kti) or Angkorian Old Khmer គតិ (gati, matter, affair, case; legal matter, affair, or case; etc); ultimately from Sanskrit गति (gati, movement; progress, proceeding; etc). Doublet of គតិ (kĕəʼteʼ).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic ក្តី
k̥tī
Phonemic ក្ដី
k̥ṭī
WT romanisation kdəy
(standard) IPA(key) /kɗəj/

Noun

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ក្តី (kdəy)

  1. (law) affair, case, matter; lawsuit, litigation
  2. (Buddhism) priest's house