វាចា

Old Khmer

Variant forms
Latin vācā‍
Pallava ‍

Alternative form

  • វាច្ចា (vāccā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā, “speech, word; sacred text”). Compare Old Javanese waca (“to read”). Cognate with Malay baca (“to read”), Indonesian baca (“to read”), Javanese ꦮꦕ (waca, “to read; to recite, to chant”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waˈcaː/

Noun

វាចា (vācā)

  1. speech, word, utterance.

Descendants

  • Khmer: វាចា (viəcaa)
  • Lao: ວາຈາ (wā chā)
  • Thai: วาจา (waa-jaa)
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