ទណ្ឌឃាដ

ទណ្ឌឃាដ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic ទណ្ឌឃាដ dṇ̥ḍgʰāṭ Phonemic ទ័ន-ឌៈ-ឃាត d˘n-ḍ`-gʰāt WT romanisation tŏəndĕəʾkhiət (standard) IPA(key) /tŏən.ɗĕəʔ.kʰiət/

Noun

ទណ្ឌឃាដ • (tŏəndĕəʾkhiət)

1. (linguistics) killer (the name of the diacritic ៍ which suppresses—or kills—the letter over which it is written, causing it to be silent)
2. capital punishment, death penalty

Related terms

• ឃា (khiə)