ឆ្នាំ

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *cn₁am ~ *cn₁aam. Cognate with Mon သၞာံ (hnam), Vietnamese năm.

Or possibly considered as from ចាំ (cam, “to wait”) with infixed -n- (locative).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ឆ្នាំ c̥ʰnāṃ WT romanisation chnam (standard) IPA(key) /cʰnam/

Noun

ឆ្នាំ • (chnam)

1. year (unit of time)

   ខ្ញុំមានអាយុ...ឆ្នាំ

   khñom miən ʼaayuʼ … chnam

   I am ... years old

See also

• ខួប (khuəp)
• វត្ស (vŏət)

See also

• (units of time) ឯកតានៃពេលវេលា ('aektaa nɨy peil veiliə); ឆ្នាំ (chnam, “year”), ខែ (khae, “month”), សប្តាហ៍ (sappədaa, “week”) / អាទិត្យ (ʼaatɨt, “week”), ថ្ងៃ (thngay, “day”), ម៉ោង (maong, “hour”), នាទី (niətii, “minute”), វិនាទី (viniətii, “second”)