นัก
nákadverb
extremely
Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never invented1adv.
extremelylexitron
2adv.
very; greatly; much; excessively; intensely; utterlylexitron
3adj.
many; muchwiktionary
4adv.
much; quite; verywiktionary
5n.
used to prefix any word to form an agent nounwiktionary
6n.
an honorific for a member of the Khmer royalty or nobility, either male or female(archaic)wiktionary
Built from
Borrowed from Old Khmer ʼnaka, ʼanaka, ʼnak, naka, nãka, nâka, naga (“individual, one, person; inhabitant, native, resident; servant; worker; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer អ្នក (nĕək), Khmer នាក់ (nĕək). Borrowed from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ʼnak, ʼnakk, ʼanak, or Angkorian Old Khmer ʼnak, ʼanak, ʼnakk, ʼnāk, ʼnāka, nāk, nākk, nakk (“worthy: courtesy title for honorable men”). Uncertain. Compare Lao ນັກ (nak),Northern Thai นัก.