តម្រូវ

Khmer

Alternative forms

  • តំរូវ (tɑmrɨw), ដំរូវ (dɑmrɨw)

Etymology

From ត្រូវ (trəw, to be correct) with infixed -VN- (causative).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic តម្រូវ
tm̥rūv
WT romanisation tɑmrɨw
(standard) IPA(key) /tɑm.ˈrɨw/

Verb

តម្រូវ • (tɑmrɨw) (abstract noun ការតម្រូវ)

  1. to adjust (to), to adapt, to correct
  2. to enforce, to require
  3. to assign specific work to be done