Khmer

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Etymology

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From Pali hattha (hand), from Sanskrit हस्त (hasta, hand). Doublet of ហស្ត (hŏəh).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic ហត្ថ
ht̥tʰ
Phonemic ហ័ត / ហ័ត-ថៈ-
h˘t / h˘t-tʰ`-
WT romanisation hat, hatthaʼ
(standard) IPA(key) /hat/ ~ /hat.tʰaʔ./

Noun

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ហត្ថ (hat)

  1. (anatomy) hand, arm
  2. elephant’s trunk
  3. lock of hair
  4. (astronomy) the name of a constellation (identified by some with part of the constellation Corvus)
  5. cubit, (a unit of linear measurement equal to the distance from the finger tips to the elbow, equal to 2 ចំអាម (cɑmʼaam) or approximately 16–22 inches or half a meter)

Derived terms

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See also

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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ហត្ថ m

  1. Khmer script form of hattha (hand)

Declension

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