វាយ

Khmer

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Orthographic	វាយ vāy
Phonemic	វាយ / វ៉ៃ vāy / v″ai
WT romanisation	viəy, vay
(standard) IPA^(key)	/ʋiəj/ ~ /ʋaj/

Verb

វាយ • (viəy) (abstract noun ការវាយ)

to hit, beat, slap, strike (with the hand, stick, club or whip)
to type
to strike (of a clock)
to fight, invade, attack
to break
to analyze, sum up a situation
to bargain, discuss the price of something

Derived terms

វាយដំ (viey dɑm)
វាយដំច្រំធាក់ (viey dɑm cram tʰeak)

Noun

វាយ • (viəy)

kind of plant producing small edible fruit which are red when ripe

Affixed forms

ប្រវាយ (prɑviəy)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

vāya (Latin script)
𑀯𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
वाय (Devanagari script)
ৰায (Bengali script)
වාය (Sinhalese script)
ဝါယ or ဝႃယ (Burmese script)
วาย or วายะ (Thai script)
ᩅᩤᨿ (Tai Tham script)
ວາຍ or ວາຍະ or ວາຢະ (Lao script)
𑅇𑄂𑄠 (Chakma script)

Noun

វាយ

Khmer script form of vāya, which is dative singular of វ (va, “letter 'v'”)