Khmer

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit वस्तु (vastu). Doublet of វត្ថុ (vŏətthoʼ) via Pali. Cognate with Thai วัสดุ (wát-sà-dù), พัสดุ (pát-sà-dù).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic ភស្តុ
bʰs̥tu
Phonemic ភ័ស
bʰ˘s
WT romanisation phŏəh
(standard) IPA(key) /pʰŏəh/

Noun

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ភស្តុ (phŏəh)

  1. object, thing, goods, articles

Derived terms

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