Khmer

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit मुख (mukha, mouth, face).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic មុខ
mukʰ
WT romanisation muk
(standard) IPA(key) /muk/

Noun

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មុខ (muk)

  1. face, front
  2. decoration (on a cake)
  3. mouth (of a stream, river)
  4. head, chief, chairman, president
  5. sharp edge (of a knife)
  6. position, job, place
  7. rank, order, sequence
  8. kind, type, species, variety
  9. field, area (of operation or interest)
  10. way, method, aspect

Preposition

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មុខ (muk)

  1. in front of

Adverb

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មុខ (muk)

  1. for sure

Classifier

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មុខ (muk)

  1. classifier for courses (of a meal)
    ម្ហូបមួយមុខmhoop muəy mukone dish, one course (of a meal)

Derived terms

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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មុខ n

  1. Khmer script form of mukha

Declension

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