មហាវិទ្យាល័យ

Khmer

Etymology

From Sanskrit महाविद्यालय (mahāvidyālaya, literally “great house of knowledge”), analyzable as មហា (mĕəʼhaa) +‎ វិទ្យា (vityiə) +‎ អាល័យ (ʼaalay). Compare Thai มหาวิทยาลัย (má-hǎa-wít-tá-yaa-lai).

Pronunciation
Orthographic មហាវិទ្យាល័យ
mhāvid̥yāl˘y
Phonemic ម៏-ហា-វិ-ទ្យា-ល៉័យ
mʿ-hā-vi-d̥yā-l″˘y
WT romanisation mɔhaavityiəlay
(standard) IPA(key) /mɔ.haː.ʋi.tʰjiə.laj/

Noun

មហាវិទ្យាល័យ • (mɔhaavityiəlay)

  1. faculty, college
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