នំប៉័ងដុត
nom pang dot
The Khmer word for toast is នំប៉័ងដុត (nom pang dot).
This term refers to toasted bread.
Meaning: toasted bread (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of នំប៉័ង (nom pang) meaning 'bread' and ដុត (dot) meaning 'to burn' or 'to toast'.
How do you pronounce it?
nom pang dot
Did you know?
- The term នំ in នំប៉័ង is a general Khmer word for 'cake' or 'snack'. In a broad sense, bread is categorized as a type of cake in Khmer.
- While ដុត means 'to toast' in this context, it is the same word used for 'burning' something or 'cremating' a body.
- The word នំប៉័ង is a loanword from the French 'pain', reflecting the colonial influence on Cambodian culinary vocabulary.
Examples in context
- ខ្ញុំចូលចិត្តញ៉ាំនំប៉័ងដុត។khnhom chol chet nham nom pang dot.I like eating toast.
- តើអ្នកចង់បាននំប៉័ងដុតដែរឬទេ?tae neak chong ban nom pang dot dae rue te?Do you want some toast?
- នំប៉័ងដុតនេះមានរសជាតិឆ្ងាញ់ណាស់។nom pang dot nih mean ros cheat chnganh nah.This toast tastes very delicious.
Example conversation
Sok and Sokha are having breakfast together.
- សុខ Sokសុខា តើអ្នកចង់ញ៉ាំនំប៉័ងដុតទេ?Sokha, tae neak chong nham nom pang dot te?Sokha, do you want to eat some toast?
- សុខា Sokhaចា៎ ខ្ញុំចង់ញ៉ាំខ្លះ។cha, khnhom chong nham khlas.Yes, I would like some.
- សុខ Sokខ្ញុំនឹងដុតវាឱ្យឥឡូវនេះ។khnhom nung dot vea oy elov nis.I will toast it for you now.
- សុខា Sokhaអរគុណច្រើន សុខ។orkun chreun, Sok.Thank you very much, Sok.
