"បុណ្យ" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Khmer]

Forms: bon [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Khmer បុណ្យ (“merit”). Cognate with Pali puñña. Etymology templates: {{inh|km|okz|បុណ្យ||merit}} Old Khmer បុណ្យ (“merit”), {{cog|pi|puñña}} Pali puñña Head templates: {{km-noun}} បុណ្យ • (bon)
  1. ceremony, celebration, festival, feast
    Sense id: en-បុណ្យ-km-noun-A6eExK4k Categories (other): Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 11 2 8 10 18 12 3 2 6 5 22
  2. holiday
    Sense id: en-បុណ្យ-km-noun-gcFtM3ob
  3. goodness
    Sense id: en-បុណ្យ-km-noun-cVNux7N1
  4. good deed, charity
    Sense id: en-បុណ្យ-km-noun-714rl-vx Categories (other): Khmer entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Khmer entries with incorrect language header: 7 2 2 15 25 10 2 2 9 2 25
  5. meritorious act
    Sense id: en-បុណ្យ-km-noun-eYeLo0oB Categories (other): Khmer entries with incorrect language header, Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Khmer entries with incorrect language header: 7 2 2 15 25 10 2 2 9 2 25 Disambiguation of Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 11 2 8 10 18 12 3 2 6 5 22
  6. merit
    Sense id: en-បុណ្យ-km-noun-Qpv3jb2b Categories (other): Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 11 2 8 10 18 12 3 2 6 5 22
  7. dignity
    Sense id: en-បុណ្យ-km-noun-3N3x7z2t
  8. rank, grade
    Sense id: en-បុណ្យ-km-noun-b1IyEk3x
  9. promotion (in rank)
    Sense id: en-បុណ្យ-km-noun-4OoPmFnh
  10. power (especially supernatural power)
    Sense id: en-បុណ្យ-km-noun-cuYXsyZn
  11. influence
    Sense id: en-បុណ្យ-km-noun-Iv76jPS9 Categories (other): Khmer entries with incorrect language header, Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Khmer terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Khmer entries with incorrect language header: 7 2 2 15 25 10 2 2 9 2 25 Disambiguation of Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 11 2 8 10 18 12 3 2 6 5 22 Disambiguation of Khmer terms with redundant script codes: 10 3 4 11 5 14 4 3 9 5 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: បុញ្ញ (boññɔɔ)

Noun [Old Khmer]

Forms: puṇya [romanization], puṇya [alternative], punya [alternative], បុន្យ [alternative]
Etymology: From Sanskrit पुण्य (puṇya, “good, merit”). Etymology templates: {{bor|okz|sa|पुण्य||good, merit}} Sanskrit पुण्य (puṇya, “good, merit”) Head templates: {{head|okz|noun|tr=puṇya}} បុណ្យ (puṇya)
  1. goodness
    Sense id: en-បុណ្យ-okz-noun-cVNux7N1
  2. virtue
    Sense id: en-បុណ្យ-okz-noun-M3EwUjLI
  3. merit
    Sense id: en-បុណ្យ-okz-noun-Qpv3jb2b
  4. good deed or work
    Sense id: en-បុណ្យ-okz-noun-Rx210BYY
  5. pious act calculated to make merit
    Sense id: en-បុណ្យ-okz-noun-p-NtdDw7
  6. endowment or foundation made for a religious purpose
    Sense id: en-បុណ្យ-okz-noun-S7-sbDvl Categories (other): Old Khmer entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old Khmer entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 2 6 20 4 1 1 3 2 9 2 1 4 2 3 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 2 2 5 16 6 2 2 2 2 6 2 2 6 4 4 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 1 2 4 22 4 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 4 3 3 42

Alternative forms

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          "english": "that my most high lord the Śivaliṅga at Rāṁ become the property of the lineage together with the god of Setā Nadī, pious works of the Holy Foundation of the province of Śrīndrapura;",
          "ref": "900-1100 AD; copied later, Arlo Griffiths, Kunthea Chhom, “A problematic inscription (K.1237)”, in Udaya: Journal of Khmer Studies, volume 14 (PDF), Yosothor, published 2019, halshs-02168837, page 9:",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "good deed or work"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pious act calculated to make merit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pious",
          "pious"
        ],
        [
          "merit",
          "merit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Khmer terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              115,
              126
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              57,
              62
            ]
          ],
          "english": "that my most high lord the Śivaliṅga at Rāṁ become the property of the lineage together with the god of Setā Nadī, pious works of the Holy Foundation of the province of Śrīndrapura;",
          "ref": "900-1100 AD; copied later, Arlo Griffiths, Kunthea Chhom, “A problematic inscription (K.1237)”, in Udaya: Journal of Khmer Studies, volume 14 (PDF), Yosothor, published 2019, halshs-02168837, page 9:",
          "roman": "man· vraḥ kamrateṅ· ʼañ· śivalīṅga ʼā-\ny· rāṁ pi leṅ· sāka nu vraḥ setā nadiya punya nai vraḥ dharmma\npramān· śrindrapura",
          "text": "មន៑វ្រះកម្រតេង៑អញ៑ឝិវលីង្គអា\nយ៑រាំបិលេង៑សាកនុវ្រះសេតានទិយបុន្យនៃវ្រះធម្ម៌\nប្រមាន៑ឝ្រិន្ម្របុរ",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "endowment or foundation made for a religious purpose"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "endowment",
          "endowment"
        ],
        [
          "foundation",
          "foundation"
        ],
        [
          "religious",
          "religious"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/ɓʊn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "បុណ្យ"
}

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