អត្ថ

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali attha, from Sanskrit अर्थ (artha, “meaning, sense”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic អត្ថ ʼt̥tʰ Phonemic អ័ត / អ័ត-ថៈ- ʼ˘t / ʼ˘t-tʰ`- WT romanisation ʼat, ʼatthaʼ (standard) IPA(key) /ʔat/ ~ /ʔat.tʰaʔ./

Noun

អត្ថ • (ʼat)

1. meaning, sense, significance (of a word)
2. interest, use, benefit, value, advantage, profit, gain
3. elucidation, explanation
4. translation (as of a text)
5. story, case
6. cause, result, cause and effect
7. wish
8. wealth
9. work, occupation, employment, undertaking, business
10. goal, purpose, task, mission
11. progress, development, growth
12. thought, idea
13. incident, event, occurrence
14. property, ownership
15. object, thing
16. matter

Derived terms

• អត្ថប្រយោជន៍ (ʼatthaʼprɑyaoc)

Adjective

អត្ថ • (ʼat)

1. to be first, primary

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• attha (Latin script)
• 𑀅𑀢𑁆𑀣 (Brahmi script)
• अत्थ (Devanagari script)
• অত্থ (Bengali script)
• අත්‍ථ (Sinhalese script)
• အတ္ထ or ဢတ္ထ or ဢတ်ထ (Burmese script)
• อตฺถ or อัตถะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨲ᩠ᨳ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຕ຺ຖ or ອັຕຖະ (Lao script)
• 𑄃𑄖𑄴𑄗 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Noun

អត្ថ m

1. Khmer script form of attha (“benefit”)

Declension

Declension table of "អត្ថ" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	អត្ថោ (attho)	អត្ថា (atthā)
Accusative (second)	អត្ថំ (atthaṃ)	អត្ថេ (atthe)
Instrumental (third)	អត្ថេន (atthena)	អត្ថេហិ (atthehi) or អត្ថេភិ (atthebhi)
Dative (fourth)	អត្ថស្ស (atthassa) or អត្ថាយ (atthāya) or អត្ថត្ថំ (atthatthaṃ)	អត្ថានំ (atthānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	អត្ថស្មា (atthasmā) or អត្ថម្ហា (atthamhā) or អត្ថា (atthā)	អត្ថេហិ (atthehi) or អត្ថេភិ (atthebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	អត្ថស្ស (atthassa)	អត្ថានំ (atthānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	អត្ថស្មិំ (atthasmiṃ) or អត្ថម្ហិ (atthamhi) or អត្ថេ (atthe)	អត្ថេសុ (atthesu)
Vocative (calling)	អត្ថ (attha)	អត្ថា (atthā)

Etymology 2

Verb

អត្ថ

1. Khmer script form of attha, which is second-person plural present active of អត្ថិ (atthi, “to be”)