Where does “ថ្នាំជក់” come from?

ថ្នាំជក់ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ថ្នាំ — medicine, medication.

ថ្នាំជក់ (Khmer): tobacco

Definitions

  1. tobacco

Ancestry of “ថ្នាំជក់”, step by step

ថ្នាំជក់ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ថ្នាំ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerថ្នាំmedicine, medication

via Khmer ជក់

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជក់to suck, to absorb; to inhale, smoke
Every word from Khmer ថ្នាំ