ភ្នំពេញ

Khmer

Etymology

From ភ្នំ (phnum, “hill”) +‎ ពេញ (pɨñ, “Penh, the name of the old lady who had built the pagoda on the hill”), thus "Hill of Penh".

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic ភ្នំពេញ
b̥ʰnṃbeñ
WT romanisation phnum pɨñ
(standard) IPA(key) /pʰnum ˈpɨɲ/

Proper noun

ភ្នំពេញ • (phnum pɨñ)

  1. Phnom Penh (the capital city of Cambodia)
    អ្នកភ្នំពេញ  ―  nĕək phnum pɨñ  ―  resident of Phnom Penh

Descendants
  • English: Phnom Penh
  • Vietnamese: Phnôm Pênh, Nam Vang, Nam Vinh
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