អស្តា

Khmer

Etymology

From Sanskrit अष्ट (aṣṭa, “eight”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic អស្តា ʼs̥tā Phonemic អ័ស-ស្ដា ʼ˘s-s̥ṭā WT romanisation ʼahsdaa (standard) IPA(key) /ʔah.ˈsɗaː/

Prefix

អស្តា • (ʼahsdaa)

1. eight, octo-

Synonyms

• អដ្ឋ (ʼɑtthɑɑ)

Noun

អស្តា • (ʼahsdaa)

1. "number eight", a diacritic (៏) used to specify that a consonant is to be pronounced with its inherent vowel, rather than as a final consonant (in some cases where this might be ambiguous). Usually placed on ក (kɑɑ), ដ (dɑɑ), ហ (hɑɑ) and ន (nɔɔ).

   ហ៏ណេះយកទៅ  ―  hɑɑ neh yɔɔk tɨw  ―  Here you go!

Synonyms

• លេខអស្តា (lékhʼâsta)