រោង

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic រោង roṅ WT romanisation roong (standard) IPA(key) /roːŋ/

Etymology 1

From Old Khmer រោង (roṅ, roṅa, “dragon (zodiac)”), from Vietic. Compare Northern Khmer รูํง; Thai มะโรง (má-roong); Vietnamese rồng.

Noun

រោង • (roong)

1. (astrology) the Dragon, one of the twelve lunar zodiac signs.

See also

• (Chinese zodiac signs) រាសីចក្រ (riəsəycak); ជូត (cuut), ឆ្លូវ (chləw), ខាល (khaal), ថោះ (thɑh), រោង (roong), ម្សាញ់ (msañ), មមី (mɔmii), មមែ (mɔmɛɛ), វក (vɔɔk), រកា (rɔkaa), ច (cɑɑ), កុរ (kol) ^{(Category: km:Chinese zodiac signs)}
• នាគ (niək, “a dragon”), មករ (môkâr, “a sea monster similar to a dragon”)

Etymology 2

Areal term, perhaps derived from Malay ruang, and cognate with Thai โรง (roong) and Burmese ရုံ (rum).

Noun

រោង • (roong)

1. hall, building, factory, open shed; shelter, stable; booth, shop, warehouse

Derived terms

• រោងជាង (roong ciəng)
• រោងពុម្ព (roong pum)
• រោងភាពយន្ត (roong phiəpyŭən)
• រោងល្ខោន (roong lkhaon)