និគ្គហិត

និគ្គហិត

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali niggahīta (“restrained, checked”), possibly from Sanskrit निगडित (nigaḍita, “fettered, chained”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

និគ្គហិត • (nɨkkĕəʾhət)

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

• អនុស្វារ (ʾaʾnuhsvaaraʾ)