Khmer

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Etymology

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From Pali pada (foot).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic បទ
pd
Phonemic បត់
pt´
WT romanisation bɑt
(standard) IPA(key) /ɓɑt/

Noun

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បទ (bɑt)

  1. (foot)
    1. leg, foot, footprint
    2. road, way, means
  2. (music)
    1. stanza, verse, phrase, proverb, sentence, section
    2. piece of music
    3. note
    4. metre
  3. law, decree, precedent
  4. place, institution, country
  5. strategy, cause, trick, scheme

Derived terms

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Classifier

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បទ (bɑt)

  1. classifier for musical compositions

Conjunction

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បទ (bɑt)

  1. because

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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បទ n

  1. Khmer script form of pada (“foot”)

Declension

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