ថ្ងៃពុធ
thngay put
Wednesday in Khmer is ថ្ងៃពុធ (thngay put).
ថ្ងៃពុធ is used to refer to the day of the week Wednesday.
Meaning: day of the week (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The word is composed of ថ្ងៃ (thngay), meaning 'day' and ពុធ (put), meaning 'Wednesday'.
How do you pronounce it?
thngay put
Did you know?
- The word ពុធ is also used in Cambodia to refer to the Buddha, as both words share the same root in Pali and Sanskrit.
- Cambodian astrology assigns a specific 'guardian animal' to ថ្ងៃពុធ, which varies depending on whether the person was born during the day or night of Wednesday.
- In Cambodia, the days of the week are traditionally linked to specific colors, and Wednesday is represented by the color 'green'.
Examples in context
- ខ្ញុំបានរកការងារថ្ងៃ ពុធ ។I found a job on Wednesday.
- ថ្ងៃពុធ ខ្ញុំមានការប្រជុំ។thngai put khnhom mien kar prachum.I have a meeting on Wednesday.
- តើថ្ងៃពុធនេះអ្នកទំនេរទេ?tae thngai put nih neak tumnay te?Are you free this Wednesday?
- យើងនឹងជួបគ្នានៅថ្ងៃពុធ។yeung neng chuob knea nov thngai put.We will meet on Wednesday.
Example conversation
Mali and Sok are discussing their schedules.
- សុខ Sokតើអ្នកអាចជួបខ្ញុំថ្ងៃពុធបានទេ ម៉ាលី?tae neak ach chuob khnhom thngay put ban te Mali?Can you meet me on Wednesday, Mali?
- ម៉ាលី Malyខ្ញុំមិនអាចជួបបានទេថ្ងៃពុធ។khnhom min ach chuob ban te thngay put.I cannot meet on Wednesday.
- សុខ Sokចុះថ្ងៃព្រហស្បតិ៍វិញ?choh thngay prohasbtih vinh?How about Thursday instead?
- ម៉ាលី Malyថ្ងៃព្រហស្បតិ៍ខ្ញុំអាចជួបបាន។thngay prohasbtih khnhom ach chuob ban.I can meet on Thursday.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “Wednesday” translations and entries ថ្ងៃពុធ, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
