មូសិកទន្ត

មូសិកទន្ត

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali mūsika (“mouse”) + danta (“teeth”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic មូសិកទន្ត mūsikdn̥t Phonemic មូ-សិ-កៈ-ទ័ន mū-si-k`-d˘n WT romanisation muusekaʼtŏən (standard) IPA(key) /muː.se.kaʔ.tŏən/

Noun

មូសិកទន្ត • (muusekaʼtŏən)

1. Diacritical mark (   ៉) written above O-series consonants lacking an A-series counterpart (ង, ញ, ម, យ, រ, វ) to convert them to A-series. It is also used with ប (bɑɑ) to convert it to ប៉​ (pɑɑ).

Synonyms

• ធ្មេញកណ្ដុរ (thmɨñ kɑndol)

Antonyms

• ត្រីសព្ទ (trəysap)