មហាវិទ្យាល័យ

Khmer

Etymology

From Sanskrit महाविद्यालय (mahāvidyālaya, literally “great house of knowledge”), analyzable as មហា (mĕəʼhaa) +‎ វិទ្យា (vityiə) +‎ អាល័យ (ʼaalay). Compare Thai มหาวิทยาลัย (má-hǎa-wít-tá-yaa-lai).

Pronunciation

Orthographic មហាវិទ្យាល័យ mhāvid̥yāl˘y Phonemic ម៏-ហា-វិ-ទ្យា-ល៉័យ mʿ-hā-vi-d̥yā-l″˘y WT romanisation mɔhaavityiəlay (standard) IPA(key) /mɔ.haː.ʋi.tʰjiə.laj/

Noun

មហាវិទ្យាល័យ • (mɔhaavityiəlay)

1. faculty, college