Khmer

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ការ
kār
WT romanisation kaa
(standard) IPA(key) /kaː/

Etymology 1

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From Pali kāra (doing) or Sanskrit कार (kāra).

Particle

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ការ (kaa)

  1. nominalizer creating abstract nouns from verbs, also sometimes from adjectives:
    ការកំណត់  ―  kaa kɑmnɑt  ―  registration
    ការក្រ  ―  kaa krɑɑ  ―  poverty
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Noun

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ការ (kaa)

  1. work, occupation, business, affair, matter
  2. marriage, wedding
  3. interest on a loan, profit, usury

Verb

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ការ (kaa) (abstract noun ការការ)

  1. to wind (onto a bobbin or reel), to spin (silk)
  2. to marry

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Related to កា (kaa, to protect) (cited in Guesdon 1930, Jenner 2009) and កាល់ (kal) of similar meaning.

Verb

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ការ (kaa) (abstract noun ការការ)

  1. to protect, defend, prevent
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Affixed forms

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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ការ m

  1. Khmer script form of kāra (“doing”)

Declension

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Note 1