ខ្ញុំឈ្មោះ…
khñom chmŭəh …
To say "my name is" in Khmer, use ខ្ញុំឈ្មោះ… (khñom chmŭəh …)
This phrase is used to identify yourself by stating your name.
Meaning: a way to identify oneself (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of the pronoun ខ្ញុំ (I) and the verb ឈ្មោះ (to be named/to name).
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
The form ខ្ញុំឈ្មោះ… is a standard, neutral way to introduce oneself that is appropriate in most social situations. The version ខ្ញុំឈ្មោះ is used in a formal way.
How does it change in a sentence?
Unlike English, the phrase does not require a linking verb like 'is' or 'am'. The word for 'name' ឈ្មោះ functions as the verb in this construction.
How do you pronounce it?
khñom chmŭəh …
Did you know?
- Khmer names are often chosen based on the day of the week or the hour of birth, meaning a person's name might literally reflect the celestial timing of their arrival.
- While ខ្ញុំឈ្មោះ… is neutral, Khmer speakers often replace the pronoun ខ្ញុំ with kinship terms like ប្អូន (younger sibling) or ចៅ (grandchild) to signal their exact social status to the listener.
- Because the Khmer language does not use spaces between words, the phrase ខ្ញុំឈ្មោះ appears as a single continuous string of characters in written text.
Example sentences for Khmer are not verified yet.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “my name is” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
