Khmer

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Pali gahapati.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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គហបតី (kĕəʼhaʼpaʼdəy)

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