ផាត់

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ផាត់ pʰāt´ WT romanisation phat (standard) IPA(key) /pʰat/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *phat (“to distribute, to disburse; to repay”). Compare Thai พัด (pát, “to fan, to blow”), Thai ผัด (pàt, “to apply powder”).

Verb

ផាត់ • (phat) (abstract noun ការផាត់)

1. to blow, to blow away (of the wind), to dissipate (the clouds)

   ខ្យល់ផាត់ក្រដាសប៉ើង  ―  khyɑl phat krɑdaah paəng  ―  The​ wind blows the papers scattering them in the air.

   ខ្យល់ផាត់ពពក  ―  khyɑl phat pɔpɔɔk  ―  The​ wind dissipates the clouds.

2. to scatter, to disperse, to spread evenly (grain)
3. to sprinkle (powder), to powder (the face)

   ផាត់ម្សៅ  ―  phat msaw  ―  to powder, put on make-up

   ផាត់មុខ  ―  phat muk  ―  to put on make-up

4. to paint, color in (the pictures in a coloring book)

   ផាត់ពណ៌  ―  phat pɔə  ―  to paint

5. to brush back (the hair), brush away
6. to open (the curtains)

   ផាត់វាំងនន  ―  phat vĕəng nɔɔn  ―  to open the curtains

7. to push away, to wipe off, to remove, to discard

   ផាត់ចេញ  ―  phat cəñ  ―  to remove

   ផាត់ចោល  ―  phat caol  ―  to discard, to invalidate

   ផាត់សំបក  ―  phat sɑmbɑɑk  ―  to subtract the weight of the container when weighing something​

8. to repay, redeem, pay off a debt (with something of equal or lesser value)

   ផាត់បំណុល  ―  phat bɑmnol  ―  liquidate one's debts​

Affixed forms

• រផាត់ (rɔphat)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Thai ผัด (pàt, “to fry”).

Verb

ផាត់ • (phat) (abstract noun ការផាត់)

1. to fry ground, dried and salted fish or meat in lard, sauce, etc.

Etymology 3

Noun

ផាត់ • (phat)

1. (slang) forest snakehead, a kind of carp (Channa lucius) (fisherman's slang); see កញ្ជនជៃ (kɑñcɔɔn cɨy)