ភ្នាក់

Khmer

Etymology

Inherited from Angkorian Old Khmer វ្នាក៑ (vnāk), វ្នក៑ (vnak), ព្នាក៑ (bnāk), ភ្នាក៑ (bhnāk), from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer វ្នាក៑ (vnāk) (first attested in c. 578-677). Cognate with Thai พนัก (pá-nák), Lao ພະນັກ (pha nak).

Equivalent to From ពាក់ (pĕək, “to carry on the neck, shoulders”) with infixed -n- (instrumental).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	ភ្នាក់ b̥ʰnāk´
WT romanisation	phnĕək
(standard) IPA^(key)	/pʰnĕəʔ/

Noun

ភ្នាក់ • (phnĕək)

support, prop (only found in the two compounds listed thereafter)

Derived terms

ភ្នាក់ដៃ (phnĕək day, “armrest”)
ភ្នាក់ងារ (phnĕək ngiə, “agent, official”)

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