ថ្ងៃ

See also: ថាំង

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₂ŋiiʔ (“sun; day”); cognates include Mon တ္ၚဲ, Vietnamese ngày. Compare also Thai ไถง (tà-ngǎi).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ថ្ងៃ t̥ʰṅai WT romanisation thngay (standard) IPA(key) /tʰŋaj/

Noun

ថ្ងៃ • (thngay)

1. day (unit of time)
2. sun

Derived terms

• ថ្ងៃខួប (thngay khuəp)
• ថ្ងៃនេះ (thngay nih)
• ថ្ងៃលិច (thngay lɨc, “sunset”)
• ថ្ងៃរះ (tŋay reah, “sunrise”)

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”)