ពិបាក

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali vipāka (maturation, fruition; result, outcome) or Sanskrit विपाक (vipāka). Doublet of វិបាក (vibaak). Cognate with Thai วิบาก (wí-bàak).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ពិបាក
bipāk
WT romanisation pibaak
(standard) IPA(key) /pi.ˈɓaːʔ/

Adjective

ពិបាក • (pibaak) (abstract noun ភាពពិបាក)

  1. to be difficult, inconvenient, troublesome (of a person, a task, a question,...)
    តើភាសាខ្មែររៀនទេ
    taə phiəsaa khmae pibaak riən tei
    Is Khmer difficult to learn?