Khmer

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Etymology

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មេ (mee) +‎ ការ (kaa)

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic មេការ
mekār
WT romanisation mei kaa
(standard) IPA(key) /mei ˈkaː/

Noun

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មេការ (mei kaa)

  1. supervisor of a job, master, superintendent, foreman, leader
  2. palace carpenter
  3. (archaic) public works department