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How to say “Take a photo” in Khmer

ថតរូប
Thot roup
Pronunciation (IPA): /tʰɔːt ruːp/
Word by word: photograph + image/picture
💡 ថតរូប (thot roup) covers both taking a photograph and taking a screenshot — context makes it clear which is meant. Screenshots of menus, price lists, QR codes, and Telegram conversations are extremely common as a record-keeping method. When someone asks you to screenshot something important, this is the phrase they use. ថត alone also means 'to record' in the context of audio or video.

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