ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ

Khmer

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रजा (prajā, “subjects, the people”) + Pali ādhipateyya, adhipateyya (“lordship; domination; power”); equivalent to ប្រជា (prɑciə) +‎ អធិបតេយ្យ (ʾaʾthɨppaʾtay). Compare Thai ประชาธิปไตย (bprà-chaa-tí-bpà-dtai).

Pronunciation
Orthographic ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ
p̥rjādʰiptey̥y
Phonemic ប្រ់-ជា-ធិ-ប៉ៈ-តៃ
p̥r´-jā-dʰi-p″`-tai
WT romanisation prɑciəthipaʾtay
(standard) IPA(key) /prɑ.ciə.tʰi.paʔ.taj/

Noun

ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ • (prɑciəthipaʾtay)

  1. democracy
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