និគ្គហិត

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali niggahīta (“restrained, checked”), possibly from Sanskrit निगडित (nigaḍita, “fettered, chained”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic	និគ្គហិត nig̥ghit
Phonemic	និក-គៈ-ហិត nik-g`-hit
WT romanisation	nɨkkĕəʾhət
(standard) IPA^(key)	/nɨk.kĕəʔ.hət/

Noun

និគ្គហិត • (nɨkkĕəʾhət)

anusvara (ំ) (nasalizes the inherent vowels and some of the dependent vowels)
the sign used to represent a syllable-final 'm.'
niggahita

Synonyms

អនុស្វារ (ʾaʾnuhsvaaraʾ)

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