ស្រុក

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

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Descendants

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)
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