PRAI is Thai, Prey is KHmer means wild,practically speaking farmers, poor under priviledge.The word Ammart means manderin high class rich and powerfull and the ears and eye of the king.These two words had existed since the old era of Angkor.
On May 20, 3:29 am, Krakmo -kaing <[email protected]> wrote: > What's PRAI ?. I never heart this word in khmer. អា ចៃវាំង់? (PRAI ?). > > > > > > > Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 11:31:18 -0700 > > Subject: AMMART and PRAI > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > AMMART = Fonctionaire (status and Money) commonly Ammart is working > > with King > > PRAI = Wild people ( Poor, no status) commonly referred to > > under priviledge group of people. > > In Khmer Drama the goup of Ammart is king's servant > > working in the court of the king. > > Cambodia and Thai have the same distinction of Ammart and Prai. The > > Thai's Ammart is a yellow's shirt and the Red's shirts classified > > themselves as Prai, they are both well organized.On the other hand, > > Khmer Ammarts have recently re-created and incorporated in the new > > society of today generation. About 99% of those Ammarts are emerging > > from the jungle they used to be Prai, but when they became Ammarts > > they are so wild and violent.The remnant of Ammart from old regimes > > became the Prai whose lives are poor and destitude except the Prai who > > live outside the country like me and Henri de Poipet.. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) -www.cambodia.org" group. > > This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. > > Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/camdisc > > Learn more -http://www.cambodia.org > > What'sPra - Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org
