បន្ទូល

Khmer

Etymology

From Angkorian Old Khmer pandūl, pandul (“royal command; royal utterance; to issue a royal command; to speak to (a subject); etc”, literally “to cause to hear or receive with humility”), perhaps an extended form of *pdūl (“to carry, place, raise, or wear on the head”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic បន្ទូល
pn̥dūl
WT romanisation bɑntuul
(standard) IPA(key) /ɓɑn.ˈtuːl/

Noun

បន្ទូល • (bɑntuul)

  1. (archaic) crown of the head
  2. (royal) words, speech, language; royal command
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