អង្គរ

Khmer

Etymology

From Middle Khmer អង្គរ (ʼaṅgara, “city, especially a royal city”), from metathesis of Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city, town”). Doublet of នគរ (nɔkɔɔ, “kingdom”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic អង្គរ ʼṅ̥gr WT romanisation ʼɑngkɔɔ (standard) IPA(key) /ʔɑŋ.ˈkɔː/

Noun

អង្គរ • (ʼɑngkɔɔ)

1. thickly forested flood plain near a lake
2. city, capital city (used in many placenames)

   អង្គរវត្ត  ―  ʼɑngkɔɔ vŏət  ―  Angkor Wat