បិណ្ឌ

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali piṇḍa (lump, ball, mass; food), from Sanskrit पिण्ड (piṇḍa, lump, ball, mass; ball of rice offered to the deceased ancestors).

Pronunciation

Orthographic បិណ្ឌ
piṇ̥ḍ
Phonemic បិន
pin
WT romanisation bən
(standard) IPA(key) /ɓən/

Noun

បិណ្ឌ • (bən)

  1. gathering, roundup
  2. living, earning a living.
  3. rolling up, twisting
  4. gathering into a bundle, rolling up into a ball (rice ball, meat ball, etc.)
  5. putting together into a lump or ball (especially of rice)
  6. Pchum Ben, Ancestors’ Day (a major annual Buddhist festival)

See also

Verb

បិណ្ឌ • (bən) (abstract noun ការបិណ្ឌ)

  1. to beg for food
  2. to ask

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

បិណ្ឌ m

  1. Khmer script form of piṇḍa (“lump”)

Declension

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