អ្នក

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Khmer

Etymology

Possibly related to Malay anak (child; native of).

Pronunciation

Orthographic អ្នក
ʼ̥nk
Phonemic នាក់
nāk´
WT romanisation nĕək
(standard) IPA(key) /nĕəʔ/

Noun

អ្នក (nĕək)

  1. person, one, someone
  2. -er, -man, one who
    អ្នកលក់
    neak louk
    salesman
  3. native of, resident of
    អ្នកភ្នំពេញ
    neak pnum pɨñ
    resident of Phnom Penh
  4. female counterpart
    អ្នកគ្រូ
    neak kruu
    female teacher
    លោកគ្រូ
    louk kruu
    male teacher

Derived terms

Pronoun

អ្នក (nĕək)

  1. you, your (second person singular, addressing equals of either sex; somewhat less formal than លោក (look); a polite term of address in Khmer society for someone without calling their name directly)
  2. you, your (a title for a concubine of the king)
  3. you, your (a traditional title for a person who has left the bhikkhu-hood (Buddhist priesthood)
  4. you, your (a term of address for an elder sibling-in-law)

See also

Classifier

អ្នក (nĕək)

  1. used to count person

Descendants

  • Lao: ນັກ (nak)