វិទ្យា

Khmer

Etymology

From Sanskrit विद्या (vidyā, “learning; knowledge; wisdom”). Doublet of វិជ្ជា (vɨcciə). Compare with Thai วิทยา (wít-tá-yaa).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	វិទ្យា vid̥yā
WT romanisation	vityiə
(standard) IPA^(key)	/ʋi.ˈtʰjiə/

Noun

វិទ្យា • (vityiə)

knowledge, learning, science, -logy
subject, field of study

Derived terms

បុរាណវត្ថុវិទ្យា (bo’raan voattʰo’ vityie, “archaeology”)
បុរាណវិទ្យា (bo’raan vityie, “archaeology”)
សង្គមវិទ្យា (sɑngkum vityiə, “sociology”)
ឧក្រិដ្ឋវិទ្យា (ʼŏkrĕdthâvĭtyéa, “criminology”)

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