Where does “ពុកមាត់” come from?

ពុកមាត់ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ពុក, from Khmer ឪពុក, from Sanskrit आवुक.

ពុកមាត់ (Khmer): moustache

Definitions

  1. moustache

Ancestry of “ពុកមាត់”, step by step

ពុកមាត់ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ពុក

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerពុកfather
2Khmerឪពុកfather
3Sanskritआवुक—

via Khmer មាត់

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerមាត់mouth; bank
Every word from Sanskrit आवुक →Every word from Khmer ឪពុក →Every word from Khmer ពុក →