ពិបាក

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali vipāka (“maturation, fruition; result, outcome”) or Sanskrit विपाक (vipāka). Doublet of វិបាក (vibaak). Cognate with Thai วิบาก (wí-bàak).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ពិបាក bipāk WT romanisation pibaak (standard) IPA(key) /pi.ˈɓaːʔ/

Adjective

ពិបាក • (pibaak) (abstract noun ភាពពិបាក)

1. to be difficult, inconvenient, troublesome (of a person, a task, a question,...)

   តើភាសាខ្មែរពិបាករៀនទេ

   taə phiəsaa khmae pibaak riən tei

   Is Khmer difficult to learn?