នយោបាយ

Khmer

Etymology

ន័យ (nɨy, “guidance, conduct”) + ឧបាយ (ʼubaay, “tactic”), borrowed from Thai นโยบาย (ná-yoo-baai)

Pronunciation

Orthographic នយោបាយ nyopāy Phonemic នៈ-យោ-បាយ / ន'-យោ-បាយ n`-yo-pāy / n'-yo-pāy WT romanisation nĕəʼyoobaay, nəyoobaay (standard) IPA(key) /nĕəʔ.joː.ɓaːj/ ~ /nə.joː.ɓaːj/

Noun

នយោបាយ • (nĕəʼyoobaay)

1. policy
2. politics
3. political science

Derived terms

• អ្នកទោសនយោបាយ (nĕək tooh nəyoobaay, “political prisoner”)
• ភូមិសាស្ត្រនយោបាយ (phuumisaah nĕəʼyoobaay, “geopolitics”)