Where does “វិជ្ជាជីវៈ” come from?
វិជ្ជាជីវៈ (Khmer) comes from Khmer វិជ្ជា, from Pali vijjā, from Sanskrit विद्या, from Sanskrit शास्त्र, from Proto-Indo-Aryan śāstra.
វិជ្ជាជីវៈ (Khmer): profession, occupation
Ancestry of “វិជ្ជាជីវៈ”, step by step
វិជ្ជាជីវៈ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer វិជ្ជា
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | វិជ្ជា | knowledge; science |
| 2 | Pali | vijjā | higher knowledge, science |
| 3 | Sanskrit | विद्या | knowledge, wisdom; science, philosophy; an... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | शास्त्र | shastra, scripture; science, knowledge |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śāstra | — |
via Khmer អាជីវៈ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | អាជីវៈ | occupation, profession, career |
| 2 | Pali | ājīva | livelihood; mode of living; living; subsistence |
Words derived from “វិជ្ជាជីវៈ”