Khmer edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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 edit

Adjective edit

អត្ថ (ʼat)

  1. to be first, primary

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

អត្ថ m

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

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

អត្ថ

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