ស័ង្កសី

Khmer

Chemical element
Zn
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Etymology

Possibly from the mistranscription of French zinc (“zinc”) [zɛ̃ɡ] or zingage (“galvanization”) [zɛ̃.ɡaʒ]. Cognate with Thai สังกะสี (sǎng-gà-sǐi), Lao ສັງກະສີ (sang ka sī).

Pronunciation

Orthographic ស័ង្កសី
s˘ṅ̥ksī
Phonemic ស័ង-កៈ-សី
s˘ṅ-k`-sī
WT romanisation sangkaʼsəy
(standard) IPA(key) /saŋ.kaʔ.səj/

Noun

ស័ង្កសី • (sangkaʼsəy)

  1. zinc

Alternative forms

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