ទណ្ឌឃាដ

Khmer

Alternative forms
  • ទណ្ឌឃាត (tɔɔndɔɔkhiət)

Etymology

ទណ្ឌ (tŏən) +‎ ឃាដ (khiət),​ alternative form of ឃាត (khiət).

Pronunciation
Orthographic ទណ្ឌឃាដ
dṇ̥ḍgʰāṭ
Phonemic ទ័ន-ឌៈ-ឃាត
d˘n-ḍ`-gʰāt
WT romanisation tŏəndĕəʼkhiət
(standard) IPA(key) /tŏən.ɗĕəʔ.kʰiət/

Noun

ទណ្ឌឃាដ • (tŏəndĕəʼkhiət)

  1. (linguistics) killer (the name of the diacritic ៍ (៍) which suppresses—or kills—the letter over which it is written, causing it to be silent)
  2. capital punishment, death penalty
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