ភ្នំពេញ

Khmer

Etymology

ភ្នំ (phnum, “hill”) +‎ ពេញ (pɨñ, “Penh, the name of the old lady who had built the pagoda on the hill”), thus "Hill of Penh".

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ភ្នំពេញ b̥ʰnṃbeñ WT romanisation phnum pɨñ (standard) IPA(key) /pʰnum ˈpɨɲ/

Proper noun

ភ្នំពេញ = Phnom Penh

ភ្នំពេញ • (phnum pɨñ)

1. Phnom Penh

   អ្នកភ្នំពេញ  ―  nĕək phnum pɨñ  ―  resident of Phnom Penh

Descendants

• Vietnamese: Phnôm Pênh, Nam Vang, Nam Vinh