បពិត្រ

Khmer

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali pavitta, cognate with Thai บพิตร (bɔɔ-pít).

Pronunciation

Orthographic បពិត្រ
pbit̥r
Phonemic ប-ពិត / ប៏-ពិត
p-bit / pʿ-bit
WT romanisation bɑpɨt, bɑpɨt
(standard) IPA(key) /ɓɑ.ˈpɨt/ ~ /ɓɑ.ˈpɨt/

Noun

បពិត្រ • (bɑpɨt)

  1. an epithet of, honorific for, or term of address to gods, high priests, and royal persons

Pronoun

បពិត្រ • (bɑpɨt)

  1. a second or third person pronoun, used by priests to address royal persons
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