Where does “ជក់បារី” come from?
ជក់បារី (Khmer) comes from Khmer បារី, from Thai บุหรี่, from Persian بوری, from Azerbaijani boru, from Proto-Turkic *burgu — trumpet.
ជក់បារី (Khmer): to smoke
Definitions
- to smoke
Ancestry of “ជក់បារី”, step by step
ជក់បារី traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer បារី
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | បារី | cigarette |
| 2 | Thai | บุหรี่ | tobacco; cigarette |
| 3 | Persian | بوری | blond; trumpet; hunting horn; point |
| 4 | Azerbaijani | boru | duct, pipe, tube |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | *burgu | trumpet |
via Khmer ជក់
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ជក់ | to suck, to absorb; to inhale, smoke |