Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From Pali anattha, from a- (non) + attha (need, use), equivalent to អ- (ʼaʼ) +‎ អត្ថ (ʼat).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic អនត្ថ
ʼnt̥tʰ
Phonemic អៈ-ន៉័ត-ថៈ
ʼ`-n″˘t-tʰ`
WT romanisation ʼaʼnatthaʼ
(standard) IPA(key) /ʔaʔ.nat.tʰaʔ/

Adjective edit

អនត្ថ (ʼaʼnatthaʼ) (abstract noun ភាពអនត្ថ)

  1. (literary, rare) to be useless, unimportant, frivolous

Noun edit

អនត្ថ (ʼaʼnatthaʼ)

  1. (literary, rare) frivolous matter