មនុស្ស

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali manussa (human being), from Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣya, human being). Compare Northern Khmer มนึฮ.

Pronunciation

Orthographic មនុស្ស
mnus̥s
Phonemic ម-នុស / ម-នឹស / មៈ-នុស
m-nus / m-nẏs / m`-nus
WT romanisation mɔnuh, mɔnɨh, mĕəʼnuh
(standard) IPA(key) /mɔ.ˈnuh/ ~ /mɔ.ˈnɨh/ ~ /mĕəʔ.ˈnuh/

Noun

មនុស្ស • (mɔnuh)

  1. human being, man, person
  2. mankind

Derived terms

  • មនុស្សកកកុញ (mɔnuh kɑɑ kɑɑ koɲ, crowd)
  • មនុស្សកុះករ (mɔnuh koh kɑɑ, crowd)
  • ហ្វូងមនុស្ស (vooŋ mɔnuh, crowd)
  • មនុស្សធម៌ (mĕəʼnuhsaʼthɔə, humanity; humanitarian characteristics and quality that are pertaining to mankind)

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

មនុស្ស m

  1. Khmer script form of manussa (“human”)

Declension