Where does “ឆបោក” come from?

ឆបោក (Khmer) comes from Khmer ឆ, from Pali cha, from Pali māsa, from Sanskrit माष — any Old World bean; urad.

ឆបោក (Khmer): to cheat, dupe, swindle

Definitions

  1. to cheat, dupe, swindle

Ancestry of “ឆបោក”, step by step

ឆបោក traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ឆ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerឆseventh letter of the Cambodian alphabet
2Palichasix
3Palimāsaa month; mungo bean, black matpe bean, "Vigna...
4Sanskritमाषany Old World bean; urad

via Khmer បោក

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerបោកto beat, to smash, to throw violently
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