គ្រូពេទ្យ
kruu pet
The English word "doctor" is translated into Khmer as គ្រូពេទ្យ (kruu pet).
គ្រូពេទ្យ refers to a person who is qualified to treat people who are ill.
What does it mean word for word?
The word is a compound of គ្រូ (kruu), meaning teacher or master and ពេទ្យ (pet), meaning medicine.
Which one should you use?
While គ្រូពេទ្យ is the standard term, វេជ្ជបណ្ឌិត is used as a more formal, technical term for a medical doctor, often appearing in professional titles or official contexts.
How does it change in a sentence?
គ្រូពេទ្យ is a count noun and does not change its form for plurality.
How do you pronounce it?
kruu pet
Did you know?
- In Cambodia, the term គ្រូ is also used for traditional healers or spiritual masters, blurring the line between modern medicine and folk healing in common speech.
- In some rural contexts, people may refer to a doctor simply as គ្រូ if the context of illness is already understood, treating the title as a mark of respect.
- In Cambodia, if you use the formal term វេជ្ជបណ្ឌិត (vechchak bandit), you are likely reading a diploma or a formal news report rather than speaking to a person in a clinic.
Examples in context
- ខ្ញុំមិនមែនជា គ្រូពេទ្យទេ ។I'm not a doctor.This sentence is useful for practicing the negation of the word គ្រូពេទ្យ.Tatoeba #4567973 by angkorsovannnaga, translation #1194034 by FiRez
- គ្រូពេទ្យកំពុងធ្វើការនៅមន្ទីរពេទ្យ។krou pet kompong thveu kar nov monti pet.The doctor is working at the hospital.
- តើអ្នកចង់ជួបគ្រូពេទ្យមែនទេ?tae neak chong juob krou pet men te?Do you want to see a doctor?
Example conversation
Ratanak and Chinda are talking about a health problem.
- រតនៈ Ratanakខ្ញុំមានអារម្មណ៍ថាឈឺខ្លាំងណាស់។khnhom mean arom tha chheu khlang nah.I feel very sick.
- ចិន្តា Chindaអ្នកគួរតែទៅរកគ្រូពេទ្យឥឡូវនេះ។neak kuar tae tov rok krou phet ey lov nis.You should go find a doctor right now.
- រតនៈ Ratanakតើមានគ្រូពេទ្យនៅក្បែរនេះទេ?tae mean krou phet nov kbae nis te?Is there a doctor near here?
- ចិន្តា Chindaបាទ មានមន្ទីរពេទ្យមួយនៅជិតនេះ។bat mean montir phet mouy nov chit nis.Yes, there is a hospital near here.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
