បទ

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali pada (foot).

Pronunciation

Orthographic បទ
pd
Phonemic បត់
pt´
WT romanisation bɑt
(standard) IPA(key) /ɓɑt/

Noun

បទ • (bɑt)

  1. (foot)
    1. leg, foot, footprint
    2. road, way, means
  2. (music)
    1. stanza, verse, phrase, proverb, sentence, section
    2. piece of music
    3. note
    4. metre
  3. law, decree, precedent
  4. place, institution, country
  5. strategy, cause, trick, scheme

Derived terms

Classifier

បទ • (bɑt)

  1. classifier for musical compositions

Conjunction

បទ • (bɑt)

  1. because

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

បទ n

  1. Khmer script form of pada (“foot”)

Declension