បរិស្ថាន

Khmer

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit परि- (pari-, “around”) + स्थान (sthāna, “place”).

Sanskrit also has परिस्थान (paristhāna) but it does not mean environment.

Pronunciation

Orthographic បរិស្ថាន
pris̥tʰān
Phonemic ប៉ៈ-រ៉ិ-ស្ថាន
p″`-r″i-s̥tʰān
WT romanisation paʼrəhthaan
(standard) IPA(key) /paʔ.rəh.tʰaːn/

Noun

បរិស្ថាន • (paʼrəhthaan)

  1. ecosystem; environment

Derived terms

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