បពិត្រ

Khmer

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali pavitta, cognate with Thai บพิตร (bɔɔ-pít).

Pronunciation

Orthographic បពិត្រ pbit̥r Phonemic ប-ពិត / ប៏-ពិត p-bit / pʿ-bit WT romanisation bɑpɨt, bɑpɨt (standard) IPA(key) /ɓɑ.ˈpɨt/ ~ /ɓɑ.ˈpɨt/

Noun

បពិត្រ • (bɑpɨt)

1. an epithet of, honorific for, or term of address to gods, high priests, and royal persons

Pronoun

បពិត្រ • (bɑpɨt)

1. a second or third person pronoun, used by priests to address royal persons