ម្លិះ

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Khmer

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit मल्लि (malli, kind of jasmine), with the reduction of the first syllable. Compare Middle Vietnamese mlài (whence Vietnamese nhài).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ម្លិះ
m̥liḥ
WT romanisation mlih
(standard) IPA(key) /mlih/

Noun

ម្លិះ (mlih)

  1. jasmine (Jasminum sambac)

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