ពណ៌ប្រផេះ
poa praphes
grey in Khmer is ពណ៌ប្រផេះ (poa praphes).
ពណ៌ប្រផេះ is used to refer to the color grey, which is a mix of black and white.
What does it mean word for word?
The term is composed of ពណ៌ (poa), meaning 'color' and ប្រផេះ (praphes), meaning 'grey'.
How does it change in a sentence?
While ពណ៌ប្រផេះ is the full noun for the color 'grey', in many contexts you can simply use the word ប្រផេះ to describe something as being grey.
How do you pronounce it?
poa praphes
Did you know?
- In Khmer, if you want to describe a shade of grey as 'dark', you use the word ចាស់ (chas), which is the same word used for someone being 'old'.
- If a Khmer person describes your skin as ប្រផេះ (praphes), they are not complimenting your complexion, but suggesting you look sickly or dull.
- To describe grey hair, Cambodians typically use សក់ស (sok sor), which literally translates to 'white hair'.
Examples in context
- ខ្ញុំចូលចិត្តពណ៌ប្រផេះ។khnhom chol chet poa pro phe.I like grey.
- ឡាននេះមានពណ៌ប្រផេះ។lan nih mean poa pro phe.This car is grey.
- គាត់មានអាវពណ៌ប្រផេះមួយ។koat mean av poa pro phe mouy.He has a grey shirt.
Example conversation
Vibol and Sreiny are choosing a color for a new room.
- ស្រីនី Sreynyតើវិបុលចង់បានជញ្ជាំងពណ៌អ្វី?tae vibol chong ban chonhcheang poa avei?What color walls do you want, Vibol?
- វិបុល Vibolខ្ញុំចង់បានពណ៌ប្រផេះ។khnhom chong ban poa pro phes.I want grey.
- ស្រីនី Sreynyពណ៌ប្រផេះមើលទៅស្អាតណាស់។poa pro phes merl tou saat nah.Grey looks very beautiful.
- វិបុល Vibolបាទ ស្រីនី និយាយត្រូវ។bat sreiny niyay trov.Yes, Sreiny is right.
