លោកអ្នកឧកញ៉ា

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Khmer

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Etymology

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លោក (look, sir) +‎ អ្នក (nĕək, a polite term of address in Khmer society for someone without calling their name directly) +‎ ឧកញ៉ា (ʼokñaa, the second highest royal title).

This is a title for a classical Khmer official which was coined in the eighteenth century, replacing the much older សម្ដេចចៅពញា (sɑmdac chav pɲie), an ancient high military rank.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic លោកអ្នកឧកញ៉ា
lokʼ̥nkukñ″ā
Phonemic លោក នាក់ អុក-ញ៉ា
lok nāk´ ʼuk-ñ″ā
WT romanisation look nĕək ʼokñaa
(standard) IPA(key) /loːk nĕəʔ ʔok.ˈɲaː/

Noun

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លោកអ្នកឧកញ៉ា (look nĕək ʼokñaa)

  1. grand duke