"បុណ្យ" meaning in Khmer

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Noun

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)
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "puñña"
      },
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    }
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          "rank"
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    },
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        ]
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    },
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          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "10 3 4 11 5 14 4 3 9 5 32",
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          "influence",
          "influence"
        ]
      ]
    }
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  "word": "បុណ្យ"
}
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    }
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  "lang_code": "km",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
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      "word": "បុញ្ញ"
    }
  ],
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      ],
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      ],
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        ]
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    },
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      ],
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        "merit"
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        [
          "merit",
          "merit"
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        ]
      ]
    },
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        "power (especially supernatural power)"
      ],
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        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ]
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  "word": "បុណ្យ"
}

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