กัมพูชา

Thai

Alternative forms

  • กัมพุช
  • กัมโพช

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit काम्बोज (kāmboja, “Cambodia”, literally “Kambu's descendant”); perhaps via Old Khmer កម្ពុជ (kambuja), កម្ពូជ (kambūja), កមពូជ (kamabūja), កំពុជ្ជ (kaṃbujja), កំម្ពុជ្ជ (kaṃmbujja), កាមពូជ (kāmabūja). Compare Modern កម្ពុជា (kampuciə).

Pronunciation

Orthographicกัมพูชา
k ạ m b ū d͡ʑ ā
Phonemic
กำ-พู-ชา
k å – b ū – d͡ʑ ā
RomanizationPaiboongam-puu-chaa
Royal Institutekam-phu-cha
(standard) IPA(key)/kam˧.pʰuː˧.t͡ɕʰaː˧/(R)

Proper noun

กัมพูชา • (gam-puu-chaa)

  1. Cambodia (a country in Southeast Asia)
    ประเทศกัมพูชา
    bprà-têet gam-puu-chaa
    Cambodia (country)
    ราชอาณาจักรกัมพูชา
    râat-chá-aa-naa-jàk gam-puu-chaa
    Kingdom of Cambodia
  2. Cambodian, Khmer

Synonyms

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