Khmer

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit मेदिनी (medinī), Pali medinī.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic មេទនី
mednī
Phonemic មេ-ទៈ-នី / ហ្មេ-ទៈ-នី
me-d`-nī / h̥me-d`-nī
WT romanisation meitĕəʼnii, meetĕəʼnii
(standard) IPA(key) /mei.tĕəʔ.niː/ ~ /meː.tĕəʔ.niː/

Noun

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មេទនី (meitĕəʼnii)

  1. the earth, the world