Where does “ប្រធានាធិបតី” come from?

ប្រធានាធិបតី (Khmer) comes from Sanskrit प्रधान, from Sanskrit प्रधत्ते — to place before.

ប្រធានាធិបតី (Khmer): president

Definitions

  1. president

Ancestry of “ប្រធានាធិបតី”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritप्रधानchief, foremost, most important; pre-eminent;...
2Sanskritप्रधत्तेto place before

Words derived from “ប្រធានាធិបតី”

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