ភ្នាល់

Khmer

Etymology

Perhaps from ពាល់ (pŏəl, “to touch, to try, to test”) with infixed -n- (Jenner 1980). Cognate with Thai พนัน (pá-nan), Northern Khmer พเนื็อล.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ភ្នាល់
b̥ʰnāl´
WT romanisation phnŏəl
(standard) IPA(key) /pʰnŏəl/

Verb

ភ្នាល់ • (phnŏəl) (abstract noun ការភ្នាល់)

  1. to bet; to wager
  2. to gamble
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