ធុញ
thuñ
To say bored in Khmer, use ធុញ (thuñ). If unsure, use ធុញ. Wiktionary also lists ខ្ជេញ (khcɨñ) and នឿយណាយ (nɨəy naay).
Meaning: suffering from boredom (adj)
Ways to say it
| Khmer | Romanization (Wiktionary) |
|---|---|
| ធុញ | thuñ |
| ខ្ជេញ | khcɨñ |
| នឿយណាយ | nɨəy naay |
The term refers to suffering from boredom. The default form ធុញ covers a spectrum of feelings, ranging from simple boredom to feeling annoyed or even disgusted by something that is repetitive or unpleasant. For a more intense or prolonged sense of being bored or weary of a situation, you can use the common compound form ធុញទ្រាន់.
Which one should you use?
While ធុញ refers to mental boredom or annoyance, the form នឿយណាយ refers to a state of being physically or mentally weary or exhausted. The form ខ្ជេញ is another way to express being bored.
How does it change in a sentence?
To specifically emphasize the emotional or mental state of being fed up or bored, you can add the word for heart or mind, ចិត្ត, to create the phrase ធុញចិត្ត.
How do you pronounce it?
thuñ
Did you know?
- Khmer speakers may use ធុញ to describe a 'boring' object or person, not just their own feeling of being 'bored'. The word acts as both the cause and the effect of the emotion.
- The word ចិត្ត used in ធុញចិត្ត means 'heart' but functions as 'mind' in this context. In Khmer culture, the heart is viewed as the center of both emotion and cognitive thought.
- In Khmer, the concept of boredom can overlap with 'disgust'. Using ធុញ in certain contexts suggests that the speaker finds the situation so repetitive that it has become repulsive.
Examples in context
- ខ្ញុំធុញនឹងការងារនេះណាស់។khnhom thun nung kar-ngea nih nah.I am very bored with this work.
- កុំធ្វើឱ្យខ្ញុំធុញអី។kom thveu oy khnhom thun ey.Please don't make me bored.
- គាត់មានអារម្មណ៍ថាធុញ។koat mien arom tha thun.He feels bored.
Example conversation
Two friends are waiting for a late bus.
- ស្រីនី Sreynyខ្ញុំធុញណាស់ដែលត្រូវរង់ចាំយូរ។khnhom thunh nah del trov rong cham you.I'm so bored having to wait so long.
- សុខ Sokខ្ញុំក៏ដូចគ្នាដែរ ស្រីនី។khnhom ko doch knea der Sreyni.Me too, Sreyni.
- ស្រីនី Sreynyតើយើងគួរធ្វើអ្វីខ្លះ?tae yeung kuar thveu avei khlah?What should we do?
- សុខ Sokតោះលេងហ្គេមក្នុងទូរសព្ទជាមួយគ្នា។toh leng game knong toursap cheamuoy knea.Let's play a game on the phone together.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “bored” translations and entries ធុញ, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
