Where does “ពិន្ទុ” come from?

ពិន្ទុ (Khmer) comes from Pali bindu, from Sanskrit बिन्दु, from Proto-Indo-Aryan bindúṣ — particle, globule, dot.

ពិន្ទុ (Khmer): mark; period, dot

Definitions

  1. mark; period, dot

Ancestry of “ពិន្ទុ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palibindudrop
2Sanskritबिन्दुa detached particle, drop, globule, dot, spot; a...
3Proto-Indo-Aryanbindúṣparticle, globule, dot

Words derived from “ពិន្ទុ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan bindúṣ →Every word from Sanskrit बिन्दु →Every word from Pali bindu →
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