ក្រដាស

Khmer

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kertas, from Arabic قِرْطَاس (qirṭās, “paper”). Compare Thai กระดาษ (grà-dàat).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ក្រដាស k̥rṭās WT romanisation krɑdaah (standard) IPA(key) /krɑ.ˈɗaːh/

Noun

ក្រដាស • (krɑdaah)

1. paper (material).
2. a flowering climber, great bougainvillea (Bougainvillea spectabilis)

Synonyms

• (climber): ហ្វឿងហ្វា (fɨəng faa)

Derived terms

• ក្រដាសបង្គន់ (krɑdaah bɑngkŭən)