Where does “អ្នកបាប” come from?

អ្នកបាប (Khmer) comes from Khmer បាប, from Pali pāpa, from Sanskrit पाप, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pāpás — bad.

អ្នកបាប (Khmer): sinner

Definitions

  1. sinner

Ancestry of “អ្នកបាប”, step by step

អ្នកបាប traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer បាប

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerបាបsin
2Palipāpaevil, sinful; a sin, bad deed
3Sanskritपापbad, vicious, wicked, evil, wretched, vile, low;...
4Proto-Indo-Iranianpāpásbad

via Khmer អ្នក

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerអ្នកperson, one, someone; -er, -man, one who; native...
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pāpásEvery word from Sanskrit पापEvery word from Pali pāpa