Khmer edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Pali gahapati.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic គហបតី
ghptī
Phonemic គៈ-ហៈ-ប៉ៈ-ដី
g`-h`-p″`-ṭī
WT romanisation kĕəʼhaʼpaʼdəy
(standard) IPA(key) /kĕəʔ.haʔ.paʔ.ɗəj/

Noun edit

គហបតី (kĕəʼhaʼpaʼdəy)

  1. bourgeois, bourgeoisie
  2. owner, boss, landlord