នំ

See also: ន, នៅ, នេះ, នោះ, and នៃ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic នំ nṃ WT romanisation num (standard) IPA(key) /num/

Etymology 1

Possibly from Thai ขนม (kà-nǒm).

Noun

នំ • (num)

1. Generic name for many kinds of desserts: pastry, cake, cookie, confection

Derived terms

• នំបុ័ង (numbុ័ng)
• នំពុម្ព (num pum)
• នំអន្សម (num ʼɑnsɑɑm)
• នំអន្សមចេក (num ʼɑnsɑɑm ceek)
• នំអន្សមជ្រូក (num ʼɑnsɑɑm cruuk)

Etymology 2

From Thai นม (nom).

Noun

នំ • (num)

1. breast

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• naṃ (Latin script)
• 𑀦𑀁 (Brahmi script)
• नं (Devanagari script)
• নং (Bengali script)
• නං (Sinhalese script)
• နံ or ၼံ (Burmese script)
• นํ or นัง (Thai script)
• ᨶᩴ (Tai Tham script)
• ນໍ or ນັງ (Lao script)
• 𑄚𑄁 (Chakma script)

Adjective

នំ

1. Khmer script form of naṃ, which is accusative singular masculine/feminine/neuter of ន (na, “that”)

Pronoun

នំ (naṃ)

1. Khmer script form of naṃ, which is accusative singular of ន (na, “him, it, that”)
2. Khmer script form of naṃ, which is accusative singular of នា (nā, “her, it, that”)
3. Khmer script form of naṃ, which is accusative singular of ន (na, “it, that”)