មុខ

Khmer

Etymology

From Sanskrit मुख (mukha, “mouth, face”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic មុខ mukʰ WT romanisation muk (standard) IPA(key) /muk/

Noun

មុខ • (muk)

1. face, front
2. decoration (on a cake)
3. mouth (of a stream, river)
4. head, chief, chairman, president
5. sharp edge (of a knife)
6. position, job, place
7. rank, order, sequence
8. kind, type, species, variety
9. field, area (of operation or interest)
10. way, method, aspect

Preposition

មុខ • (muk)

1. in front of

Adverb

មុខ • (muk)

1. for sure

Classifier

មុខ • (muk)

1. classifier for courses (of a meal)

   ម្ហូបមួយមុខ ― mhoop muəy muk ― one dish, one course (of a meal)

Derived terms

• មុខជា (muk ciə)
• រះមុខ (rĕəh muk)
• សម្ភារៈមុខ (sɑmphiərĕəʼmuk, “makeup”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• mukha (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀼𑀔 (Brahmi script)
• मुख (Devanagari script)
• মুখ (Bengali script)
• මුඛ (Sinhalese script)
• မုခ or မုၶ (Burmese script)
• มุข or มุขะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩩᨡ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຸຂ or ມຸຂະ (Lao script)
• 𑄟𑄪𑄈 (Chakma script)

Noun

មុខ n

1. Khmer script form of mukha

Declension

Declension table of "មុខ" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	មុខំ (mukhaṃ)	មុខានិ (mukhāni)
Accusative (second)	មុខំ (mukhaṃ)	មុខានិ (mukhāni)
Instrumental (third)	មុខេន (mukhena)	មុខេហិ (mukhehi) or មុខេភិ (mukhebhi)
Dative (fourth)	មុខស្ស (mukhassa) or មុខាយ (mukhāya) or មុខត្ថំ (mukhatthaṃ)	មុខានំ (mukhānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	មុខស្មា (mukhasmā) or មុខម្ហា (mukhamhā) or មុខា (mukhā)	មុខេហិ (mukhehi) or មុខេភិ (mukhebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	មុខស្ស (mukhassa)	មុខានំ (mukhānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	មុខស្មិំ (mukhasmiṃ) or មុខម្ហិ (mukhamhi) or មុខេ (mukhe)	មុខេសុ (mukhesu)
Vocative (calling)	មុខ (mukha)	មុខានិ (mukhāni)