អស្តា

Khmer

Etymology

From Sanskrit अष्ट (aṣṭa, “eight”)

Pronunciation

Orthographic អស្តា
ʾs̥tā
Phonemic អ័ស-ស្តា
ʾ˘s-s̥tā
WT romanisation ʾahstaa
(standard) IPA(key) /ʔah.ˈstaː/

Noun

អស្តា • (ʾahstaa)

  1. eight, octo- (prefix)
    អស្តាពីស  ―  ʾahstaa pii sɑɑ  ―  twenty-eight
  2. "number eight", a diacritic (៏) used to specify that a consonant is to be pronounced with its inherent vowel, rather than as a final consonant (in some cases where this might be ambiguous). Usually placed on ក (kɑɑ), ដ (dɑɑ), ហ (hɑɑ) and ន (nɔɔ).
    ហ៏ណេះយកទៅ ― hɑɑ neh yɔɔk toh! ― Here you go!

Synonyms

  • លេខអស្តា (lékh’âsta)
  • អដ្ឋ (ʾɑtthɑɑ)
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