Where does “សន្តិកាល” come from?
សន្តិកាល (Khmer) comes from Khmer កាល, from Pali kāla, from Sanskrit काल, from Proto-Turkic kār, from Proto-Iranian karah — fold, of time (during which an action or event happens).
សន្តិកាល (Khmer): peacetime, time of peace
Definitions
- peacetime, time of peace
Ancestry of “សន្តិកាល”, step by step
សន្តិកាល traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer កាល
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | កាល | time, moment, period of time; era, epoch; during,... |
| 2 | Pali | kāla | time |
| 3 | Sanskrit | काल | black, dark blue; black, dark blue colour; pupil |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | kār | snow |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | karah | fold, of time (during which an action or event happens) |
via Khmer សន្តិ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | សន្តិ | peace, tranquility, calm; nirvana; pleasure,... |
| 2 | Pali | santi | peace; tranquillity; present third-person plural... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | शान्ति | rest; alleviation, pacification, consolation;... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | शम् | to toil at, fatigue or exert one's self; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱemh₂- | to toil, to exert oneself |