បិណ្ឌ

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali piṇḍa (“lump, ball, mass; food”), from Sanskrit पिण्ड (piṇḍa, “lump, ball, mass; ball of rice offered to the deceased ancestors”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic បិណ្ឌ piṇ̥ḍ Phonemic បិន pin WT romanisation bən (standard) IPA(key) /ɓən/

Noun

បិណ្ឌ • (bən)

1. gathering, roundup
2. living, earning a living.
3. rolling up, twisting
4. gathering into a bundle, rolling up into a ball (rice ball, meat ball, etc.)
5. putting together into a lump or ball (especially of rice)
6. Pchum Ben, Ancestors’ Day (a major annual Buddhist festival)

See also

• ភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌ (pcum bən)
• បុណ្យភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌ (bon pcum bən)

Verb

បិណ្ឌ • (bən) (abstract noun ការបិណ្ឌ)

1. to beg for food
2. to ask

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• piṇḍa (Latin script)
• 𑀧𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀟 (Brahmi script)
• पिण्ड (Devanagari script)
• পিণ্ড (Bengali script)
• පිණ‍්ඩ (Sinhalese script)
• ပိဏ္ဍ or ပိꧣ္ꩨ or ပိꧣ်ꩨ (Burmese script)
• ปิณฺฑ or ปิณฑะ (Thai script)
• ᨷᩥᨱ᩠ᨯ (Tai Tham script)
• ປິຓ຺ຑ or ປິຓຑະ (Lao script)
• 𑄛𑄨𑄕𑄴𑄓 (Chakma script)

Noun

បិណ្ឌ m

1. Khmer script form of piṇḍa (“lump”)

Declension

Declension table of "បិណ្ឌ" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	បិណ្ឌោ (piṇḍo)	បិណ្ឌា (piṇḍā)
Accusative (second)	បិណ្ឌំ (piṇḍaṃ)	បិណ្ឌេ (piṇḍe)
Instrumental (third)	បិណ្ឌេន (piṇḍena)	បិណ្ឌេហិ (piṇḍehi) or បិណ្ឌេភិ (piṇḍebhi)
Dative (fourth)	បិណ្ឌស្ស (piṇḍassa) or បិណ្ឌាយ (piṇḍāya) or បិណ្ឌត្ថំ (piṇḍatthaṃ)	បិណ្ឌានំ (piṇḍānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	បិណ្ឌស្មា (piṇḍasmā) or បិណ្ឌម្ហា (piṇḍamhā) or បិណ្ឌា (piṇḍā)	បិណ្ឌេហិ (piṇḍehi) or បិណ្ឌេភិ (piṇḍebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	បិណ្ឌស្ស (piṇḍassa)	បិណ្ឌានំ (piṇḍānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	បិណ្ឌស្មិំ (piṇḍasmiṃ) or បិណ្ឌម្ហិ (piṇḍamhi) or បិណ្ឌេ (piṇḍe)	បិណ្ឌេសុ (piṇḍesu)
Vocative (calling)	បិណ្ឌ (piṇḍa)	បិណ្ឌា (piṇḍā)