Where does “ប៉ាឆា” come from?

ប៉ាឆា (Khmer) comes from Thai ป่าช้า, from Thai ป่า, from Proto-Tai paːᴮ — grove; wood.

ប៉ាឆា (Khmer): graveyard; cemetery

Definitions

  1. graveyard; cemetery

Ancestry of “ប៉ាឆា”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiป่าช้าplace for burial or cremation of the dead: burial ground, cremation ground, etc
2Thaiป่าforest; wood; relating to forest; wild; savage
3Proto-Taipaːᴮgrove; wood

Words derived from “ប៉ាឆា”

Every word from Proto-Tai paːᴮ →Every word from Thai ป่า →Every word from Thai ป่าช้า →