Where does “ជីហរិត” come from?

ជីហរិត (Khmer) comes from Khmer ហរិត, from Pali harita.

ជីហរិត (Khmer): green manure

Definitions

  1. green manure

Ancestry of “ជីហរិត”, step by step

ជីហរិត traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ហរិត

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerហរិតto be green
2Paliharita—

via Khmer ជី

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជីtraditional Cambodian unit of weight, equal to 10 ហ៊ុន
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