អត្ថ

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Khmer

Etymology

From Pali attha, from Sanskrit अर्थ (artha, “meaning, sense”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic អត្ថ
ʼt̥tʰ
Phonemic អ័ត / អ័ត-ថៈ-
ʼ˘t / ʼ˘t-tʰ`-
WT romanisation ʼat, ʼatthaʼ
(standard) IPA(key) /ʔat/ ~ /ʔat.tʰaʔ./

Noun

អត្ថ • (ʼat)

  1. meaning, sense, significance (of a word)
  2. interest, use, benefit, value, advantage, profit, gain
  3. elucidation, explanation
  4. translation (as of a text)
  5. story, case
  6. cause, result, cause and effect
  7. wish
  8. wealth
  9. work, occupation, employment, undertaking, business
  10. goal, purpose, task, mission
  11. progress, development, growth
  12. thought, idea
  13. incident, event, occurrence
  14. property, ownership
  15. object, thing
  16. matter

Derived terms

Adjective

អត្ថ • (ʼat)

  1. to be first, primary

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Noun

អត្ថ m

  1. Khmer script form of attha (“benefit”)
Declension
Declension table of "អត្ថ" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)អត្ថោ (attho)អត្ថា (atthā)
Accusative (second)អត្ថំ (atthaṃ)អត្ថេ (atthe)
Instrumental (third)អត្ថេន (atthena)អត្ថេហិ (atthehi) or អត្ថេភិ (atthebhi)
Dative (fourth)អត្ថស្ស (atthassa) or អត្ថាយ (atthāya) or អត្ថត្ថំ (atthatthaṃ)អត្ថានំ (atthānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)អត្ថស្មា (atthasmā) or អត្ថម្ហា (atthamhā) or អត្ថា (atthā)អត្ថេហិ (atthehi) or អត្ថេភិ (atthebhi)
Genitive (sixth)អត្ថស្ស (atthassa)អត្ថានំ (atthānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)អត្ថស្មិំ (atthasmiṃ) or អត្ថម្ហិ (atthamhi) or អត្ថេ (atthe)អត្ថេសុ (atthesu)
Vocative (calling)អត្ថ (attha)អត្ថា (atthā)

Etymology 2

Verb

អត្ថ

  1. Khmer script form of attha, which is second-person plural present active of អត្ថិ (atthi, “to be”)
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