មាន់
mŏən
The word for chicken in Khmer is មាន់ (mŏən).
មាន់ is used to refer to the bird (chicken) as a noun.
Meaning: bird (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
mŏən
Did you know?
- In some traditional Khmer spiritual practices, a មាន់ may be used as a substitute for a person in a ritual to deflect illness or misfortune.
- The word មាន់ is often associated with the first sign of the zodiac in the Khmer calendar, where the rooster represents a specific year in the cycle.
- Khmer uses different classifiers when counting មាន់ compared to other animals, as the language requires a specific word to categorize the bird before the number.
Examples in context
- ម៉ារី ញ៉ាំបបរសាច់មាន់ ។Mary is eating chicken porridge.This sentence shows how to use មាន់ in the context of eating chicken porridge.Tatoeba #4526900 by angkorsovannnaga, translation #4587580 by Jesse
- មាន់កំពុងដើរក្នុងសួន។moan kampong daer knong suon.The chicken is walking in the garden.
Example conversation
Two people are looking at animals in a backyard.
- វិបុល Vibolមើលចុះ! មាន់នោះគួរឱ្យស្រឡាញ់ណាស់។meul choh! moan noh kuor oy sralanh nas.Look! That chicken is so cute.
- ចិន្តា Chindaបាទ វាមើលទៅតូចណាស់។bat vea meul tov touch nas.Yes, it looks very small.
- វិបុល Vibolតើអ្នកចង់ចិញ្ចឹមមាន់ដែរឬទេ?tae neak chong chinhchem moan dae reu te?Do you want to raise chickens too?
- ចិន្តា Chindaខ្ញុំចង់ តែខ្ញុំមិនមានកន្លែងទេ។khnhom chong tae khnhom min mean kanlaeng te.I want to, but I don't have space.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “chicken” translations and entries មាន់, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
