Khmer

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Etymology

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From បាត់ (bat, to disappear) with prefixed bVN- (causative). cognate with Thai บำบัด (bam-bàt)

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic បំបាត់
pṃpāt´
WT romanisation bɑmbat
(standard) IPA(key) /ɓɑm.ˈɓat/

Verb

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បំបាត់ (bɑmbat) (abstract noun ការបំបាត់)

  1. to cause to disappear, to eliminate, to get rid of, to remove, to abolish