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)

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

Derived terms

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