អស្តា

Khmer

Etymology

From Sanskrit अष्ट (aṣṭa, “eight”).

Pronunciation
Orthographic អស្តា
ʼs̥tā
Phonemic អ័ស-ស្ដា
ʼ˘s-s̥ṭā
WT romanisation ʼahsdaa
(standard) IPA(key) /ʔah.ˈsɗaː/

Prefix

អស្តា • (ʼahsdaa)

  1. eight, octo-

Synonyms
  • អដ្ឋ (ʼɑtthɑɑ)

Noun

អស្តា • (ʼahsdaa)

  1. "number eight", a diacritic (៏) used to specify that a consonant is to be pronounced with its inherent vowel, rather than as a final consonant (in some cases where this might be ambiguous). Usually placed on ក (kɑɑ), ដ (dɑɑ), ហ (hɑɑ) and ន (nɔɔ).
    ហ៏ណេះយកទៅ  ―  hɑɑ neh yɔɔk tɨw  ―  Here you go!

Synonyms
  • លេខអស្តា (lékhʼâsta)
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