ពន្ធនាគារ

Khmer

Etymology

From ពន្ធ (pŭən, “tie, bond”) +‎ នាគា (niəkiə, “all of the nāgas”) +‎ រ (rɔɔ, “fence, picket”), from Pali bandha (“bond, fetter”) + nāga (“nāgas, serpent-demons”), from Sanskrit बन्ध (bandha, “bond, fastening, enclosure”) + नाग (nāga, “nāgas, serpent-demons”)

Pronunciation

Orthographic ពន្ធនាគារ bn̥dʰnāgār Phonemic ព័ន-ធៈ-នា-គារ / ព័ន-នា-គារ b˘n-dʰ`-nā-gār / b˘n-nā-gār WT romanisation pŏənthĕəʼniəkiə, pŏənniəkiə (standard) IPA(key) /pŏən.tʰĕəʔ.niə.kiə/ ~ /pŏən.niə.kiə/

Noun

ពន្ធនាគារ • (pŏənthĕəʼniəkiə)

1. prison, jail
2. prisoners
3. prison warden

See also

• គុក (kuk)