ព្រះ

Etymology
From, of disputed origin. Jenner suggests derivation from with prefix w, potentially a calque of.

Most dictionaries attribute the source of the Old Khmer as ultimately, although some authors maintain that it is an autochthonous Mon-Khmer word, for example Shorto (2006), who reconstructed 🇨🇬. Pain (2014) disagreed with both theories, proposing that the Old Khmer originates as a reduced form of.

Compare 🇨🇬; 🇨🇬, ; 🇨🇬

Noun

 * 1) Buddha
 * 2) God
 * 3) Lord
 * 4) count or earl (title)