ប្រធាន
Khmer
noun
Definitions
- subject of a sentence, debate, etc., topic
- the essential that which is the most important
- president, chairman, leader
- perseverance, diligence, effort
- patience
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रधान (leading, presiding, etc, chief, most important), प्रधत्ते (place before).
Origin
Sanskrit
प्रधत्ते
Gloss
place before
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- प्रधत्ते Sanskrit
- प्रधान Sanskrit
- प्रधान Hindi
- ประธาน Thai
- ประธานาธิบดี Thai
- perdana Malay
- ប្រធានាធិបតី Central Khmer
- ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ Panjabi, Punjabi
- pradhāna Old Khmer