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Khmer
Etymology
From Old Khmer បុណ្យ (“merit”). Cognate with Pali puñña.
Pronunciation
Noun
បុណ្យ • (bon)
- ceremony, celebration, festival, feast
- holiday
- goodness
- good deed, charity
- meritorious act
- merit
- dignity
- rank, grade
- promotion (in rank)
- power (especially supernatural power)
- influence
See also
Old Khmer
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Sanskrit पुण्य (puṇya, “good, merit”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɓʊn/
Noun
បុណ្យ (puṇya)
- goodness
- virtue
- merit
- good deed or work
- pious act calculated to make merit
- endowment or foundation made for a religious purpose
900-1100 AD; copied later, Arlo Griffiths, Kunthea Chhom, “A problematic inscription (K.1237)”, in Udaya: Journal of Khmer Studies, volume 14 (PDF), Yosothor, published 2019, halshs-02168837, page 9:មន៑វ្រះកម្រតេង៑អញ៑ឝិវលីង្គអា
យ៑រាំបិលេង៑សាកនុវ្រះសេតានទិយបុន្យនៃវ្រះធម្ម៌
ប្រមាន៑ឝ្រិន្ម្របុរ- man· vraḥ kamrateṅ· ʼañ· śivalīṅga ʼā-
y· rāṁ pi leṅ· sāka nu vraḥ setā nadiya punya nai vraḥ dharmma
pramān· śrindrapura - that my most high lord the Śivaliṅga at Rāṁ become the property of the lineage together with the god of Setā Nadī, pious works of the Holy Foundation of the province of Śrīndrapura;
Descendants