និគ្គហិត

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali niggahīta (“restrained, checked”), possibly from Sanskrit निगडित (nigaḍita, “fettered, chained”).

Pronunciation
Orthographic និគ្គហិត
nig̥ghit
Phonemic និក-គៈ-ហិត
nik-g`-hit
WT romanisation nɨkkĕəʾhət
(standard) IPA(key) /nɨk.kĕəʔ.hət/

Noun

និគ្គហិត • (nɨkkĕəʾhət)

  1. anusvara (ំ) (nasalizes the inherent vowels and some of the dependent vowels)
  2. the sign used to represent a syllable-final 'm.'
  3. niggahita

Synonyms
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