និគ្គហិត

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali niggahīta (restrained, checked).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

និគ្គហិត • (nɨkkĕəʼhət)

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

Synonyms

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

និគ្គហិត

  1. Khmer script form of niggahita, which is past passive participle of និគ្គណ្ហាតិ (niggaṇhāti, to restrain)
  2. Khmer script form of niggahita, which is past passive participle of និគ្គណ្ហតិ (niggaṇhati, to restrain)

Declension

Noun

និគ្គហិត n

  1. Khmer script form of niggahita (“niggahita”)

Declension