និជ្ជជនភាព

Khmer

Etymology

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Particularly: “Extremely rare word, if not a dictionary-only word. Another dictionary gives the form និជ្ជនភាព, which makes more sense etymologically: Sanskrit निर्जन (nirjana) (> Pali nijjana?) "without people, desolate"

+ ភាព (phiəp)”

Pronunciation

Orthographic	និជ្ជជនភាព nij̥jjnbʰāb
Phonemic	និជ-ជៈ-ជន់-ភាព nij-j`-jn´-bʰāb
WT romanisation	nɨccĕəʼcŭənphiəp
(standard) IPA^(key)	/nɨc.cĕəʔ.cŭən.pʰiəp/

Noun

និជ្ជជនភាព • (nɨccĕəʼcŭənphiəp)

loneliness (of a place), solitude, state of being desolate, deserted