បរិសុទ្ធ
barisot
The Khmer word for pure is បរិសុទ្ធ (barisot).
បរិសុទ្ធ is used to describe things that are free of foreign material or pollutants. This includes physical substances like water and air, as well as abstract concepts such as truth or a heart.
Meaning: free of foreign material or pollutants (adj)
How does it change in a sentence?
As an adjective, បរិសុទ្ធ typically follows the noun it modifies in a sentence.
How do you pronounce it?
barisot
Did you know?
- While បរិសុទ្ធ describes purity, Khmer has distinct words for 'clean' and 'pure', meaning something can be clean without being spiritually or chemically pure.
- The word បរិសុទ្ធ is not originally Khmer but is a loanword from the Pali language, a sacred liturgical language used in Buddhism.
- In some traditional contexts, បរិសុទ្ធ is used to describe water that has been blessed by monks, making it 'pure' in a supernatural sense.
Examples in context
- ទឹកនេះគឺបរិសុទ្ធណាស់។teuk nis keu borisoth nah.This water is very pure.
- យើងត្រូវប្រើប្រាស់តែខ្យល់បរិសុទ្ធ។yeung trov prae pras tae khyal borisoth.We must use only pure air.
- មាសនេះមានភាពបរិសុទ្ធខ្ពស់។meas nis mean pheap borisoth khpous.This gold has high purity.
Example conversation
Sreney and Narong are talking about a water filter they bought.
- ណារ៉ុង Narongតើម៉ាស៊ីននេះជួយឱ្យទឹកបរិសុទ្ធទេ?tae masin nis chuoy oy teuk borisoth te?Does this machine help make the water pure?
- ស្រីនី Sreynyបាទ វាកម្ចាត់មេរោគបានទាំងអស់។bat, vea kamchat merok ban teang os.Yes, it removes all germs.
- ណារ៉ុង Narongល្អណាស់ ខ្ញុំជឿជាក់លើវា។lor nah, khnhom cheu cheak leu vea.That's great, I trust it.
- ស្រីនី Sreynyឥឡូវយើងមានទឹកបរិសុទ្ធសម្រាប់ផឹកហើយ។eylov yeung mean teuk borisoth samrab phik haey.Now we have pure water for drinking.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries បរិសុទ្ធ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
