Where does “ទីប៉ាឆា” come from?
ទីប៉ាឆា (Khmer) comes from Khmer ប៉ាឆា, from Thai ป่าช้า, from Thai ป่า, from Proto-Tai paːᴮ — grove; wood.
ទីប៉ាឆា (Khmer): cemetery, graveyard
Ancestry of “ទីប៉ាឆា”, step by step
ទីប៉ាឆា traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer ប៉ាឆា
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ប៉ាឆា | graveyard; cemetery |
| 2 | Thai | ป่าช้า | place for burial or cremation of the dead: burial ground, cremation ground, etc |
| 3 | Thai | ป่า | forest; wood; relating to forest; wild; savage |
| 4 | Proto-Tai | paːᴮ | grove; wood |
via Khmer ទី
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ទី | marker for ordinal numbers; nominalizer for... |
| 2 | Chinese | 第 | — |
| 3 | Chinese | 是 | — |