យុគលពិន្ទុ

Khmer

Etymology

យុគល (yukŭəl) +‎ ពិន្ទុ (pɨntuʼ)

Pronunciation

Orthographic យុគលពិន្ទុ yuglbin̥du Phonemic យុ-គល់ ពិ-ន្ទុ / យុ-គៈ-លៈ-ពិ-ន្ទុ yu-gl´ bi-n̥du / yu-g`-l`-bi-n̥du WT romanisation yukŭəl pintuʼ, yukĕəʼlĕəʼpintuʼ (standard) IPA(key) /ju.kŭəl pi.ntuʔ/ ~ /ju.kĕəʔ.lĕəʔ.pi.ntuʔ/

Noun

យុគលពិន្ទុ • (yukŭəl pintuʼ)

1. "two dots", a symbol (ៈ (ៈ)) that represents the shortened long vowel ា (ា) plus glottal stop, i.e. /a’/ after A-series consonants or /ea’/ after O-series consonants, in words borrowed from Sanskrit and Pali.
2. colon (:)