Etymology

From Old Khmer pañjīy, pañjiy, pañjiya, pāñjiy, pañjīy, pāñjī ‎(“archive; account; list; record; register; etc”); ultimately from Sanskrit पञ्जी ‎(pañjī, “almanac; calendar; register”). Compare Modern Khmer បញ្ជី ‎(bânhchi).

Pronunciation