បិណ្ឌ

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali piṇḍa (lump, ball, mass; food), from Sanskrit पिण्ड (piṇḍa, lump, ball, mass; ball of rice offered to the deceased ancestors)

Pronunciation

Orthographic បិណ្ឌ
piṇ̥ḍ
Phonemic បិន
pin
WT romanisation bən
(standard) IPA(key) /ɓən/

Noun

បិណ្ឌ (bən)

  1. gathering, roundup
  2. living, earning a living.
  3. rolling up, twisting
  4. gathering into a bundle, rolling up into a ball (rice ball, meat ball, etc.)
  5. putting together into a lump or ball (especially of rice)
  6. Pchum Ben, Ancestors’ Day (a major annual Buddhist festival)

See also

Verb

បិណ្ឌ (bən) (abstract noun ការបិណ្ឌ)

  1. to beg for food
  2. to ask

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

បិណ្ឌ m

  1. Khmer script form of piṇḍa (“lump”)

Declension

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