ប្រដាប់

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Khmer

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Etymology

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From Old Khmer ប្រតាប (pratāpa), ប្រតាប្ប (pratāppa), ប្រតប្ប (pratappa, to put in order), which is extended from *តាប (*tāp, to be in order). Cognate with Thai ประดับ (bprà-dàp), Lao ປະດັບ (pa dap).

The sense "to decorate" is the reborrowing from Thai.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ប្រដាប់
p̥rṭāp´
WT romanisation prɑdap
(standard) IPA(key) /prɑ.ˈɗap/

Noun

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ប្រដាប់ (prɑdap)

  1. tool, instrument, device

Derived terms

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Verb

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ប្រដាប់ (prɑdap) (abstract noun ការប្រដាប់)

  1. to prepare; to arrange; to equip.
  2. to adorn; to decorate.