ដោះ

See also: ដ៏, ដី, ដៃ, ដុំ, ដាំ, and ដ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ដោះ ṭoḥ WT romanisation dɑh (standard) IPA(key) /ɗɑh/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁ɔh (“breast; mamma”). Cognate with Bahnar toh, Pacoh tóuh, Mon တှ် and Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] toah.

Noun

ដោះ • (dɑh)

1. (anatomy) breast, udder

Derived terms

• ទឹកដោះ (tɨk dɑh, “milk”)

See also

• ដើមទ្រូង (daəm truung)
• ថនៈ (thaʼnaʼ)
• ថនា (thɑniə)
• សុដន់ (sodɑn)

Etymology 2

Verb

ដោះ • (dɑh) (abstract noun ការដោះ)

1. to undo, to untie
   1. to take off (clothing), to remove
   2. to lift (a curse)
   3. to release, to free
   4. to save, to rescue
   5. to solve, to explain, to settle (a question), to resolve
   6. to clear, to empty, to unload, to disarm, to defuse (e.g. a bomb)

Derived terms

• ដោះខោអាវ (dɑh khao ʼaaw, “to undress”)

Affixed forms

• ដំណោះ (dɑmnɑh)
• ត្រដោះ (trɑdɑh)
• បណ្ដោះ (bɑndɑh)
• រដោះ (rɔdɑh)
• រំដោះ (rumdɑh)