ស្រុក

See also: ស្រកា, សំរាក, ស្រែក, and ស្រេក

Khmer

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Khmer ซเราะ (“village, thorp”), Thai สรุก (srùk).

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Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ស្រុក s̥ruk WT romanisation srok (standard) IPA(key) /srok/

Noun

ស្រុក • (srok)

1. country, nation

   មកពីស្រុកណា  ―  mɔɔk pii srok naa  ―  What country do you come from?

2. district, subdivision of a province
3. village, town
4. countryside, rural area
5. homeland

Synonyms

• ប្រទេស (prɑteih)

Descendants

• Vietnamese: sóc

Adjective

ស្រុក • (srok) (abstract noun ភាពស្រុក)

1. to be domestic, native (as opposed to foreign)
2. to be tame, domesticated, cultivated (as opposed to wild)
3. belonging to the realm of humans (as opposed to the supernatural)