ក្តី

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer ក្តិ (kti) or Angkorian Old Khmer គតិ (gati, “matter, affair, case; legal matter, affair, or case; etc”); ultimately from Sanskrit गति (gati, “movement; progress, proceeding; etc”). Doublet of គតិ (kĕəʼteʼ).

Pronunciation

Orthographic ក្តី k̥tī Phonemic ក្ដី k̥ṭī WT romanisation kdəy (standard) IPA(key) /kɗəj/

Noun

ក្តី • (kdəy)

1. (law) affair, case, matter; lawsuit, litigation
2. (Buddhism) priest's house