ប្រដាប់

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer ប្រតាប (pratāpa), ប្រតាប្ប (pratāppa), ប្រតប្ប (pratappa, “to put in order”), which is extended from *តាប (*tāp, “to be in order”). Cognate with Thai ประดับ (bprà-dàp), Lao ປະດັບ (pa dap).

The sense "to decorate" is the reborrowing from Thai.

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic ប្រដាប់
p̥rṭāp´
WT romanisation prɑdap
(standard) IPA(key) /prɑ.ˈɗap/

Noun

ប្រដាប់ • (prɑdap)

  1. tool, instrument, device

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Verb

ប្រដាប់ • (prɑdap) (abstract noun ការប្រដាប់)

  1. to prepare; to arrange; to equip.
  2. to adorn; to decorate.
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