អ្នក

អ្នក

Khmer

Etymology

Possibly related to Malay anak (“child; native of”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic អ្នក ʾ̥nk Phonemic នាក់ nāk´ WT romanisation nĕək (standard) IPA(key) /nĕəʔ/

Noun

អ្នក • (nĕək)

1. person, one, someone
2. -er, -man, one who

   អ្នកលក់

   neak louk

   salesman

3. native of, resident of

   អ្នកភ្នំពេញ

   neak pnum pɨñ

   resident of Phnom Penh

4. female counterpart

   អ្នកគ្រូ

   neak kruu

   female teacher

   លោកគ្រូ

   louk kruu

   male teacher

Derived terms

• អ្នកក្លាហាន (neak klaa haan, “hero”)
• អ្នកដំណើរ (nĕək dɑmnaə)
• អ្នកទេសចរ (nĕək teesaʾcɑɑ, “tourist”)
• អ្នកបើកឡាន (neak baək laan, “driver”)
• អ្នកលេងកាប់ចាក់ (neak leeŋ kap cak, “thug”)
• អ្នកស្ម័គ្រចិត្ត (ʾnɑɑksmakrɔɔcəttɑɑ, “volunteer”)
• អ្នកទទួលភ្ញៀវ (nĕək tɔtuəl phñiəw, “receptionist”)

Pronoun

អ្នក • (nĕək)

1. you, your (second person singular, addressing equals of either sex; somewhat less formal than លោក (look); a polite term of address in Khmer society for someone without calling their name directly)
2. you, your (a title for a concubine of the king)
3. you, your (a traditional title for a person who has left the bhikkhu-hood (Buddhist priesthood)
4. you, your (a term of address for an elder sibling-in-law)

See also

Khmer personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person	m	ខ្ញុំបាទ (kɲom baat)	យើង (yəəŋ)
	f	នាងខ្ញុំ (nieŋ kɲom)
	neutral	ខ្ញុំ (kɲom)
2nd person	m	លោក (look), អ្នក (neak)	លោកអ្នក (look neak), ពួកអ្នក (puək neak)
	f	លោកស្រី (look srǝy), អ្នកស្រី (neak srǝy)
3rd person	m and f	គាត់ (koat), គេ (kee)	គាត់ (koat), គេ (kee), ពួកគាត់ (puək koat), ពួកគេ (puək kee)
	n	វា (vie)	វា (vie), ពួកវា (puək vie)

Classifier

អ្នក • (nĕək)

1. used to count person

Descendants

• Lao: ນັກ (nak)