What is the Khmer word for "linen"?

While editing the Gospel of Mark, I was stuck in finding the Khmer word for "linen", as in one place, the current Khmer Standard Version (2005) of the Bible left the word untranslated, but in another place, it used the term ក្រណាត់ផាឌិប.  My assistant search the dictionaries and found this unsatisfactory Khmerized pronunciation of the English word.  At other times, I have heard the equally unsatisfactory Khmerized pronunciation of the French word "lin".

Then of course, I went to the smartest Cambodian I know, who shall remain nameless for the time being, to verify the KSV term, and voila!:

"the definition of ផាឌិប online and this is a very good explanation provided: "raw cotton fabric, rough cloth made of cotton or kapok and similar to hopsacking or burlap, broad cloth. (It is rougher than ទេសឯក់ sometimes worn during funeral ceremonies)".

Now that I remember it, in the past, people use ក្រណាត់ផាឌិប to make clothes during funeral, it's not as rough as "burlap" (ក្រណាត់បាវ) material used to make rice sacks (that's what the Chinese use to make their funeral clothes), but not as refined as ក្រណាត់ទេសឯក (woven cotton).

As for the material used to make ក្រណាត់ផាឌិប, it's called អំបោះឆៅ, i.e. raw cotton thread that looks kind of pinkish-brown-white. Come to think about it, when I was young, my mom always make candles for certain religious ceremonies at home. These candles are used for family ceremonies, wedding and the special occasion that my father has to take to the palace during the first day of New Year celebration. These candles are made out of pure bee wax and the wick has to be made with អំបោះឆៅ. Out of concerns that the wax is not pure beewax, my mom had to always make them herself.
Therefore, out of the explanations above, ក្រណាត់ផាឌិប is a close enough translation for "linen".

- Theary C. Seng, Phnom Penh