Where does “មហន្តរាយ” come from?

មហន្តរាយ (Khmer) comes from Khmer អន្តរាយ, from Pali antarāya, from Sanskrit अन्तराय, from Sanskrit अन्तर, from Sanskrit अन्तरा, from Sanskrit आ, from Sanskrit धा, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰaH-.

មហន្តរាយ (Khmer): catastrophe, disaster

Definitions

  1. catastrophe, disaster

Ancestry of “មហន្តរាយ”, step by step

មហន្តរាយ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer អន្តរាយ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerអន្តរាយdestruction, devastation
2Paliantarāyadanger; obstacle
3Sanskritअन्तरायobstacle, impediment; intervention
4Sanskritअन्तरbeing in the interior, interior; near, proximate,...
5Sanskritअन्तराin the middle, between; among
6Sanskritseparated form of आ-; With senses determined by...
7Sanskritधाto put, place, set, lay in or on
8Proto-Indo-European*dʰaH-

via Khmer មហា

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerមហាgrand; great
2Palimahantgreat, big, massive; important, well-known
3Sanskritम॒हत्
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰaH-Every word from Sanskrit धाEvery word from Sanskrit