Where does “ភ្នាក់ងារ” come from?
ភ្នាក់ងារ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ងារ — job, position, profession.
ភ្នាក់ងារ (Khmer): agent; official; functionary
Definitions
- agent; official; functionary
Ancestry of “ភ្នាក់ងារ”, step by step
ភ្នាក់ងារ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer ងារ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ងារ | job, position, profession |
via Khmer ភ្នាក់
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ភ្នាក់ | support, prop only found in the two compounds listed thereafter |