វត្ថុ

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali vatthu (“object, property”), from Sanskrit वस्तु (vastu, “item, object, thing”). Doublet of ភស្តុ (phŏəh). Cognate with Thai วัตถุ (wát-tù).

Pronunciation

Orthographic វត្ថុ vt̥tʰu Phonemic វ័ត-ថុ v˘t-tʰu WT romanisation vŏətthoʼ (standard) IPA(key) /ʋŏət.ˈtʰoʔ/

Noun

វត្ថុ • (vŏətthoʼ)

1. substance, matter, object, thing, property, wealth
2. ground, field, place, farm, dwelling
3. reason, basis

Derived terms

• បុរាណវត្ថុវិទ្យា (boraan vŏətthoʼ vityiə, “archaeology”)
• រូបិយវត្ថុ (ruupəyyĕəʼvŏətthoʼ, “currency, money”)
• ហាសវត្ថុ (haasaʼvŏətthoʼ, “joke”)

See also

• របស់ (rɔbɑh)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vatthu (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• वत्थु (Devanagari script)
• ৰত্থু (Bengali script)
• වත්‍ථු (Sinhalese script)
• ဝတ္ထု or ဝတ်ထု (Burmese script)
• วตฺถุ or วัตถุ (Thai script)
• ᩅᨲ᩠ᨳᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ວຕ຺ຖຸ or ວັຕຖຸ (Lao script)
• 𑅇𑄖𑄴𑄗𑄪 (Chakma script)

Noun

វត្ថុ n

1. Khmer script form of vatthu