មន្ទីរពេទ្យ
mŭəntii pɛɛt
The Khmer word for hospital is មន្ទីរពេទ្យ (mŭəntii pɛɛt). Wiktionary also lists មន្ទីរព្យាបាលរោគ (mŭəntii pyiəbaal rook).
Meaning: large medical facility (noun)
Ways to say it
| Khmer | Romanization (Wiktionary) |
|---|---|
| មន្ទីរពេទ្យ | mŭəntii pɛɛt |
| មន្ទីរព្យាបាលរោគ | mŭəntii pyiəbaal rook |
The term refers to a large medical facility.
What does it mean word for word?
The word មន្ទីរពេទ្យ is composed of មន្ទីរ (mŭəntii), meaning 'office' or 'institution' and ពេទ្យ (pɛɛt), meaning 'doctor' or 'physician'.
Which one should you use?
While មន្ទីរពេទ្យ is the standard term for a hospital, មន្ទីរព្យាបាលរោគ is a more formal or technical term that literally translates to 'institution for treating diseases'.
How do you pronounce it?
mŭəntii pɛɛt
Did you know?
- The word មន្ទីរ used in មន្ទីរពេទ្យ is also used for temples and palaces, implying that hospitals were historically viewed as sacred or high-status institutions.
- The word ពេទ្យ for doctor is derived from the Pali word 'vedja', which originally meant 'one who knows' or 'a wise man'.
- The term រោគ in the formal មន្ទីរព្យាបាលរោគ can also be used in common speech to describe a 'disease' or a 'malady' in a spiritual or karmic sense.
Examples in context
- អ្នកត្រូវទៅមន្ទីរពេទ្យ។You have to go to the hospital.This sentence is useful for expressing the necessity of going to the hospital with មន្ទីរពេទ្យ.Tatoeba #3160357 by angkorsovannnaga, translation #1570751 by fanty
- មន្ទីរពេទ្យនៅជិតនេះធំណាស់។montir pet nov chit nis thom nas.The hospital near here is very large.
- ខ្ញុំត្រូវទៅមន្ទីរពេទ្យនៅថ្ងៃស្អែក។khnom trov tov montir pet nov thngai saek.I have to go to the hospital tomorrow.
Example conversation
Sok and Chinda are talking about a sick relative.
- សុខ Sokតើបងប្រុសនៅមន្ទីរពេទ្យណា?tae bong pros nov montir pet na?Which hospital is your brother at?
- ចិន្តា Chindaគាត់នៅមន្ទីរពេទ្យកាល់ម៉ី។koat nov montir pet kalmae.He is at Calmette Hospital.
- សុខ Sokតើគាត់មានជំងឺអ្វី?tae koat mean chom nheu avei?What illness does he have?
- ចិន្តា Chindaគាត់គ្រាន់តែឈឺពោះ។koat kroan tae chheu poh.He just has a stomach ache.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “hospital” translations and entries មន្ទីរពេទ្យ, មន្ទីរព្យាបាលរោគ, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries មន្ទីរពេទ្យ, មន្ទីរព្យាបាលរោគ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
