Where does “អ្នកឈ្នះ” come from?

អ្នកឈ្នះ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ឈ្នះ, from Old Khmer jnaḥ.

អ្នកឈ្នះ (Khmer): winner

Definitions

  1. winner

Ancestry of “អ្នកឈ្នះ”, step by step

អ្នកឈ្នះ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ឈ្នះ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerឈ្នះto win, vanquish, defeat
2Old Khmerjnaḥ—

via Khmer អ្នក

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerអ្នកperson, one, someone; -er, -man, one who; native...
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