នរក

Khmer

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali naraka (“one of the underworlds”) or Sanskrit नरक (naraka, “hell”). Compare Burmese နရက် (na.rak), Lao ນະລົກ (na lok), Thai นรก (ná-rók).

Pronunciation

Orthographic នរក nrk Phonemic ន-រក់ n-rk´ WT romanisation nɔrŭək (standard) IPA(key) /nɔ.ˈrŭəʔ/

Noun

នរក • (nɔrŭək)

1. underworld, hell

Derived terms

• ឋាននរក (thaan nɔrŭək)
• អានរក (ʼaa nɔrŭək)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• naraka (Latin script)
• 𑀦𑀭𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• नरक (Devanagari script)
• নরক (Bengali script)
• නරක (Sinhalese script)
• နရက or ၼရၵ (Burmese script)
• นรก or นะระกะ (Thai script)
• ᨶᩁᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ນຣກ or ນະຣະກະ (Lao script)
• 𑄚𑄢𑄇 (Chakma script)

Noun

នរក m

1. Khmer script form of naraka (“hell”)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• নৰক (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬭᬓ (Balinese script)
• নরক (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰨𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀭𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• နရက (Burmese script)
• नरक (Devanagari script)
• નરક (Gujarati script)
• ਨਰਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌰𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦫꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂩𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ನರಕ (Kannada script)
• ນຣກ (Lao script)
• നരക (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠᡵᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘨𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᠷᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧈𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐬𑐎 (Newa script)
• ନରକ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢬꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆫𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖨𑖎 (Siddham script)
• නරක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩼𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚤𑚊 (Takri script)
• நரக (Tamil script)
• నరక (Telugu script)
• นรก (Thai script)
• ན་ར་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒩𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨫𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Noun

នរក • (náraka) stem, m or n

1. Khmer script form of नरक (“hell”)
   • 900-1100 AD; copied later, Arlo Griffiths, Kunthea Chhom, “A problematic inscription (K.1237)”, in Udaya: Journal of Khmer Studies‎^[1], volume 14 (PDF), Yosothor, published 2019, halshs-02168837, page 10:

     វិមទ*យន្តិយេភូមី*
     ទាសាន្ទេវស្យបាបី*នះ
     តេសវ្វ៌នរកេយាន្តុ
     យាតនាមាភវក្ឞយាត៑ ៕
     * Read ទ, មី and បី as ទ៌, មិ and បិ.

     vimardayanti ye bhūmi
     dāsāndevasya pāpinaḥ
     te sarvvanarake yāntu
     yātanām ā bhavakṣayāt· ॥

     May the evil ones who disturb the land and servants of the god undergo torment in every hell until the end of existence.