Where does “ដាក់ផ្នួស” come from?

ដាក់ផ្នួស (Khmer) comes from Khmer ផ្នួស, from Khmer បួស — to become a priest, be ordained.

ដាក់ផ្នួស (Khmer): to defrock

Definitions

  1. to defrock

Ancestry of “ដាក់ផ្នួស”, step by step

ដាក់ផ្នួស traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ផ្នួស

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerផ្នួសpriesthood; monkhood
2Khmerបួសto become a priest, be ordained

via Khmer ដាក់

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerដាក់to place, to put
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