กัมพูชา

Thai

Alternative forms

  • กัมพุช
  • กัมโพช

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

กัมพูชา • (gam-puu-chaa)

  1. Cambodia; Cambodian.
  2. Khmer.

Synonyms

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