Kunthea
គន្ធា
From Sanskrit गन्ध (gandha), "fragrance" or "scent"; sometimes explained instead as a native Khmer compound for "virtue" and "abundance".
Meaning and origin
Kunthea belongs to a large group of Cambodian girls' names built from a single Sanskrit-derived noun for a pleasant quality, here the idea of scent.
How to pronounce Kunthea
| Khmer (Cambodia) | koon-TEE-uh /kunˈtʰiə/ |
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