រាន

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic រាន rān WT romanisation riən (standard) IPA(key) /riən/

Etymology 1

Noun

រាន • (riən)

1. stand
2. (Surin dialect) shop, store
3. porch, veranda, patio, deck

Synonyms

• របៀង (rɔbiəng)

Etymology 2

From Old Khmer rān (“to invade, seize, or occupy a territory; to open up land for settlement and cultivation”). Compare Thai ราญ (raan, “to fight, to battle”), Thai ราน (raan, “to trim, to lop off, to prune”).

Verb

រាន • (riən) (abstract noun ការរាន)

1. to invade, affront (the enemy)
2. to clear jungle land (for houses and crops)

Derived terms

• រុករាន (ruk riən)

Affixed forms

• ទន្ទ្រាន (tŭəntriən)

Etymology 3

Verb

រាន • (riən) (abstract noun ការរាន)

1. to eat indiscriminately