Khmer

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Etymology

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Shortened from Pali vinicchaya, from Sanskrit विनिश्चय (viniścaya), whence ពិនិស្ច័យ (pinɨhcay) is derived. Cognate with Thai พินิจ (pí-nít), วินิจฉัย (wí-nít-chǎi).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic ពិនិត្យ
binit̥y
Phonemic ពិ-និត
bi-nit
WT romanisation pinɨt
(standard) IPA(key) /pi.ˈnɨt/

Verb

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ពិនិត្យ (pinɨt) (abstract noun ការពិនិត្យ)

  1. to observe, to examine