អាវ៉ូកាត៍

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic អាវ៉ូកាត៍
ʼāv″ūkāt̊
Phonemic អា-វ៉ូ-កា
ʼā-v″ū-kā
WT romanisation ʼaavoukaa
(standard) IPA(key) /ʔaː.ʋou.kaː/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French avocat, from Latin advocātus.

Noun

អាវ៉ូកាត៍ • (ʼaavoukaa)

  1. lawyer
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French avocat, from Spanish avocado, altered —by folk-etymological association with abogado (“lawyer”)— from the earlier aguacate, which comes from Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado”).

Noun

អាវ៉ូកាត៍ • (ʼaavoukaa)

  1. avocado
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