គុណ

Khmer

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic គុណ guṇ WT romanisation kun (standard) IPA(key) /kun/

Verb

គុណ • (kun) (abstract noun ការគុណ)

1. to multiply, increase

See also

• សេង (seeng)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Pali guṇa (“good quality, merit”) or Sanskrit गुण (guṇa, “quality, merit”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic គុណ guṇ Phonemic គុន / គុន-ណៈ- gun / gun-ṇ`- WT romanisation kun, kunnaʼ (standard) IPA(key) /kun/ ~ /kun.naʔ./

Noun

គុណ • (kun)

1. good deed, favor, kindness, courtesy, virtue, goodness, merit
2. prayer or thought that is worthy of remembrance
3. quality, aspect, value
4. class, stage
5. progress

Derived terms

• គុណកិរិយា (kunaʼ keriyaa)
• គុណខ្មែរ (kun khmae)
• ដឹងគុណ (dəng kun)
• អរគុណ (ʼɑɑ kun)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• guṇa (Latin script)
• 𑀕𑀼𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• गुण (Devanagari script)
• গুণ (Bengali script)
• ගුණ (Sinhalese script)
• ဂုဏ or ၷုꧣ (Burmese script)
• คุณ or คุณะ (Thai script)
• ᨣᩩᨱ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄຸຓ or ຄຸຓະ (Lao script)
• 𑄉𑄪𑄕 (Chakma script)

Noun

គុណ m

1. Khmer script form of guṇa (“string; quality”)

Declension

Declension table of "គុណ" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	គុណោ (guṇo)	គុណា (guṇā)
Accusative (second)	គុណំ (guṇaṃ)	គុណេ (guṇe)
Instrumental (third)	គុណេន (guṇena)	គុណេហិ (guṇehi) or គុណេភិ (guṇebhi)
Dative (fourth)	គុណស្ស (guṇassa) or គុណាយ (guṇāya) or គុណត្ថំ (guṇatthaṃ)	គុណានំ (guṇānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	គុណស្មា (guṇasmā) or គុណម្ហា (guṇamhā) or គុណា (guṇā)	គុណេហិ (guṇehi) or គុណេភិ (guṇebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	គុណស្ស (guṇassa)	គុណានំ (guṇānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	គុណស្មិំ (guṇasmiṃ) or គុណម្ហិ (guṇamhi) or គុណេ (guṇe)	គុណេសុ (guṇesu)
Vocative (calling)	គុណ (guṇa)	គុណា (guṇā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গুণ (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬸᬡ (Balinese script)
• গুণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰲𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀼𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• ဂုဏ (Burmese script)
• गुण (Devanagari script)
• ગુણ (Gujarati script)
• ਗੁਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍁𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦸꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂳𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ಗುಣ (Kannada script)
• ຄຸຓ (Lao script)
• ഗുണ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘳𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠤᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧔𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐸𑐞 (Newa script)
• ଗୁଣ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢸꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆶𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖲𑖜 (Siddham script)
• ගුණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩒𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚰𑚘 (Takri script)
• கு³ண (Tamil script)
• గుణ (Telugu script)
• คุณ (Thai script)
• གུ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒳𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨃𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Noun

គុណ • (guṇá) stem, m

1. Khmer script form of गुण (“merit”)