ស័ង្កសី

Khmer

Chemical element
Zn
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Etymology

Possibly from the mistranscription of French zinc (“zinc”) [zɛ̃ɡ] or zingage (“galvanization”) [zɛ̃.ɡaʒ]. Cognate with Thai สังกะสี (sǎng-gà-sǐi), Lao ສັງກະສີ (sang ka sī).

Pronunciation

Orthographic	ស័ង្កសី s˘ṅ̥ksī
Phonemic	ស័ង-កៈ-សី s˘ṅ-k`-sī
WT romanisation	sangkaʼsəy
(standard) IPA^(key)	/saŋ.kaʔ.səj/

Noun

ស័ង្កសី • (sangkaʼsəy)

zinc

Alternative forms

ស័ង្គសី (sangkaʼsəy)
សាំង្កសី (sangkaʼsəy)

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