Khmer

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Vietnamese phạt, ultimately from Chinese ().

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ផាក
pʰāk
WT romanisation phaak
(standard) IPA(key) /pʰaːʔ/

Noun

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ផាក (phaak)

  1. a fine

Verb

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ផាក (phaak) (abstract noun ការផាក)

  1. to fine, penalize