ការ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ការ
kār
WT romanisation kaa
(standard) IPA(key) /kaː/

Etymology 1

From Pali kāra (doing) or Sanskrit कार (kāra).

Particle

ការ (kaa)

  1. nominalizer creating abstract nouns from verbs, also sometimes from adjectives:
    ការកំណត់   kaa kɑmnɑt   registration
    ការក្រ   kaa krɑɑ   poverty
See also

Noun

ការ (kaa)

  1. work, occupation, business, affair, matter
  2. marriage, wedding
  3. interest on a loan, profit, usury

Verb

ការ (kaa) (abstract noun ការការ)

  1. to wind (onto a bobbin or reel), to spin (silk)
  2. to marry

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Related to កា (kaa, to protect) (cited in Guesdon 1930, Jenner 2009) and កាល់ (kal) of similar meaning.

Verb

ការ (kaa) (abstract noun ការការ)

  1. to protect, defend, prevent
Derived terms

Affixed forms

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

ការ m

  1. Khmer script form of kāra (“doing”)

Declension

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