ថ្ងៃព្រហស្បតិ៍
thngai prohoah
ថ្ងៃព្រហស្បតិ៍ (thngai prohoah) is the Khmer word for Thursday.
ថ្ងៃព្រហស្បតិ៍ is used to refer to the day of the week, Thursday.
Meaning: day of the week (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The word is composed of ថ្ងៃ (thngai), meaning 'day' and ព្រហស្បតិ៍ (prohoah), which refers to the Hindu deity Brihaspati, the teacher of the gods.
How does it change in a sentence?
The word ថ្ងៃ (day) often serves as a prefix for all days of the week in Khmer.
How do you pronounce it?
thngai prohoah
Did you know?
- In Cambodia, people are traditionally identified by the day of the week they were born, and those born on ថ្ងៃព្រហស្បតិ៍ are often associated with wisdom and teaching.
- In traditional Khmer beliefs, each day of the week is assigned a specific color, and those born on ថ្ងៃព្រហស្បតិ៍ are associated with the color green.
- If you see the word ព្រហស្បតិ៍ in a different context, it may be referring to the specific astronomical position of the planet Jupiter.
Examples in context
- ថ្ងៃនេះគឺជាថ្ងៃព្រហស្បតិ៍។thngay nis keu chea thngay proah sopat.Today is Thursday.
- ខ្ញុំមានប្រជុំនៅថ្ងៃព្រហស្បតិ៍។khnhom mien prachum nov thngay proah sopat.I have a meeting on Thursday.
- តើអ្នករវល់នៅថ្ងៃព្រហស្បតិ៍ទេ?tae neak rovol nov thngay proah sopat te?Are you busy on Thursday?
Example conversation
Two colleagues are scheduling a lunch date.
- រតនៈ Ratanakស្រីនី តើអ្នកចង់ទៅញ៉ាំបាយថ្ងៃព្រហស្បតិ៍ទេ?Sreyny, tae neak chong tov nham bay thngai pro-hus-bot te?Sreyny, do you want to go eat lunch on Thursday?
- ស្រីនី Sreynyថ្ងៃព្រហស្បតិ៍ខ្ញុំរវល់ណាស់។thngai pro-hus-bot khnhom ro-vol nah.I am very busy on Thursday.
- រតនៈ Ratanakចុះថ្ងៃសុក្រវិញ?choh thngai sok vinh?How about Friday instead?
- ស្រីនី Sreynyថ្ងៃសុក្របាន! អរគុណរតនៈ។thngai sok ban! or-kun Ratanak.Friday works! Thanks, Ratanak.
