លោក

See also: លក់, លើក, and លាក់

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali loka, from Sanskrit लोक (loka, “world”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic លោក lok Phonemic លោក / លោ-កៈ- lok / lo-k`- WT romanisation look, lookaʼ (standard) IPA(key) /loːk/ ~ /loː.kaʔ./

Noun

លោក • (look)

1. world, sphere of existence
2. universe
3. monk, respected man

Pronoun

លោក • (look)

1. you, your (to males who are of approximately equal rank with the speaker and to Buddhist monks)
2. he, him, his (referring to adult males who are of approximately equal rank with the speaker and to Buddhist monks)
3. sir, mister (commonly used before a title or given name)

See also

• នាងស្រី (niəngsrəy)

Khmer personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person	m	ខ្ញុំបាទ (khñom baat)	យើង (yəəng)
	f	នាងខ្ញុំ (niəng khñom)
	neutral	ខ្ញុំ (khñom)
2nd person	m	លោក (look), អ្នក (nĕək)	លោកអ្នក (look nĕək), ពួកអ្នក (puək nĕək)
	f	លោកស្រី (look srəy), អ្នកស្រី (nĕək srəy)
3rd person	m and f	គាត់ (kŏət), គេ (kei)	គាត់ (kŏət), គេ (kei), ពួកគាត់ (puək kŏət), ពួកគេ (puək kei)
	n	វា (viə)	វា (viə), ពួកវា (puək viə)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• loka (Latin script)
• 𑀮𑁄𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• लोक (Devanagari script)
• লোক (Bengali script)
• ලොක (Sinhalese script)
• လောက or လေႃၵ (Burmese script)
• โลก or โลกะ (Thai script)
• ᩃᩮᩣᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂລກ or ໂລກະ (Lao script)
• 𑄣𑄮𑄇 (Chakma script)

Noun

លោក m

1. Khmer script form of loka (“world”)

Declension

Declension table of "លោក" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	លោកោ (loko)	លោកា (lokā)
Accusative (second)	លោកំ (lokaṃ)	លោកេ (loke)
Instrumental (third)	លោកេន (lokena)	លោកេហិ (lokehi) or លោកេភិ (lokebhi)
Dative (fourth)	លោកស្ស (lokassa) or លោកាយ (lokāya) or លោកត្ថំ (lokatthaṃ)	លោកានំ (lokānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	លោកស្មា (lokasmā) or លោកម្ហា (lokamhā) or លោកា (lokā)	លោកេហិ (lokehi) or លោកេភិ (lokebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	លោកស្ស (lokassa)	លោកានំ (lokānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	លោកស្មិំ (lokasmiṃ) or លោកម្ហិ (lokamhi) or លោកេ (loke)	លោកេសុ (lokesu)
Vocative (calling)	លោក (loka)	លោកា (lokā)